For landowners in the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council area. Local plan detail on this page is limited until we have checked dated council sources; please use the council links below.
Local plan timetables change. For the current stage, call for sites or consultations, check Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s own Local Plan and planning policy pages. We will add a dated summary here once we have verified it from the council site.
According to the MHCLG Local authority Green Belt statistics for England: 2024 to 2025 (as at 31 March 2025), about 37.9% of the land area in Walsall is designated Green Belt (about 3,940 ha). Green Belt land that does not strongly serve its purposes may be assessed as grey belt under national policy, but every site is judged individually. Read our plain-English guide to grey belt land.
See Walsall on our Green Belt & grey belt land map.
Fields, paddocks and edge-of-settlement land across the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council area. If your land is here, get in touch anyway.
Many councils publish a brownfield land register. Part 2 of a register is where a council can grant permission in principle for housing. Own a small plot here? See selling a small plot with or near planning. Builders looking for land in Walsall can read about land for small builders.
Tell us roughly where your land is and its size. We do some free desk checks, then, if it looks promising and you agree, we introduce you to a land promoter who works in the area. Their fee comes from the eventual sale, and our fee is paid by the promoter. Always take independent legal advice before signing anything. More on how land promotion works.
Request a free, no-obligation land check.
Local plan stages change. Check Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council’s Local Plan pages for the current call for sites or consultation stage. We have not yet published a dated local-plan summary for this area page.
About 37.9% of the Walsall area is designated Green Belt (MHCLG local authority Green Belt statistics 2024-25, as at 31 March 2025: about 3,940 ha). National policy allows some Green Belt land to be assessed as grey belt, but each site is judged individually. See our grey belt guide.
Land promoters and developers are active across the wider West Midlands. We can introduce landowners in the Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council area to a promoter suited to the site, once you agree.
No. There is no cost or obligation to the landowner. Our fee is paid by the land promoter, and only under a written agreement.
Important: this page is general information only and is not legal, planning or financial advice. Local plan timetables change. Check the council's website for the latest position. Arden Land Partners is not a planning consultancy.