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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,268Searchable applications
246Recorded as pending
85%Approval rate · 747 approved or refused records
111Refused applications
636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 May 2025 to 17 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information PlanningLocal plan Planning and planning policyPre-application advice Planning Applications ProcessConservation areas Historic EnvironmentArticle 4 directions High Street and Crocketts Lane Article 4 Direction
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@sandwell.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries01215694054Council source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas9 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas12 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- DecidedPD/25/03128
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.40m H (3.00m to eaves)
76 Fairway Avenue Oldbury B69 1TA
Received 31 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/71331
Proposed single and two storey front extension with pillars, and two storey side extension.
23 Monksfield Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 6AP
Received 31 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/25/71332
Proposed single storey side extension.
28 Clun Close Oldbury B69 1TB
Received 31 Dec 2025 - UnknownDC/25/71333
Proposed single storey rear extension (Lawful Development Certificate).
289 Hydes Road West Bromwich B71 2EE
Received 31 Dec 2025 - DecidedDC/26/71334
Proposed single storey rear extension.
9 Durban Road Smethwick B66 3SQ
Received 2 Jan 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03129
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.50m H (2.80m to eaves)
115 Brookfields Road Oldbury B68 9QR
Received 2 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71335
Proposed single storey rear extension, loft conversion and rear dormer window.
101 Salisbury Road Smethwick B66 3RX
Received 2 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71336
Proposed single storey front/side extension and canopy to front.
29 Sheldon Avenue Wednesbury WS10 9DU
Received 2 Jan 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03130
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 3.48m H (2.87m to eaves)
13 Hillary Avenue Wednesbury WS10 0HE
Received 2 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71337
Proposed change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3) to residential home for up to three children (Class C2).
27 Springfield Crescent West Bromwich B70 6LL
Received 5 Jan 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03131
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
109 Ebenezer Street West Bromwich B70 0HY
Received 6 Jan 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71338
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to 6 person HMO with single storey rear extension, loft conversion and rear dormer window (Lawful Development Certificate).
118 Abbey Road Smethwick B67 5LP
Received 6 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71339
Proposed single storey front and rear extensions, hip-to-gable roof extension, loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to front and alterations to front fenestration.
195 Jayshaw Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 5RX
Received 6 Jan 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/00978
Proposed discharge of conditions 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 of planning permission DC/25/70628.
101 Dudley Road East Tividale Oldbury B69 3DU
Received 6 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71341
Proposed single storey rear extension.
The Manchester Stores Park Street Oldbury B69 4LE
Received 6 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71342
Proposed single storey side and rear extension.
6 Cumberland Road West Bromwich B71 1HP
Received 6 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71343
Proposed single storey front/side extension and subdivision of existing retail unit (Class E) at ground floor into two Class E units, first floor extension with dormer to rear to create two x 1 bed flats with roof lights at 215 Walsall Road. Proposed single storey side extension and sub division of retail unit to two units Class E units at ground floor, re-designing of existing two x flats at first floor, with first floor extension to create and additional flat, replacement of flat roof to sloping roof, and roof lights at 4-10 Charlemont Road.
215 Walsall Road & 4 -10 Charlemont Road West Bromwich B71 3HS
Received 7 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71344
Part-retrospective first floor extension at side, single storey extension and box dormer extension at rear and alterations to roof (Revision to refused planning permission DC/25/70567)
74 Stanley Road Oldbury B68 0EQ
Received 7 Jan 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03133
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 3.4m L x 3.2m H (2.9m to eaves)
67 Woodbourne Road Smethwick B67 5NB
Received 7 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71345
Proposed single storey side and rear 'L' shape extension.
37 Doe Bank Road Tipton DY4 0ES
Received 8 Jan 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/00979
Proposed discharge of conditions 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19 and 20 of planning permission DC/23/68927.
Land Off Titford Road/To The Rear Of Asda Wolverhampton Road Oldbury
Received 9 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71346
Proposed security fencing and access gates to perimeter of 2 No. open plots of land.
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital Grove Lane Smethwick B66 2QT
Received 9 Jan 2026 - UnknownNMA/26/00288
Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/23/68927
Land Off Titford Road/To The Rear Of Asda Wolverhampton Road Oldbury
Received 9 Jan 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71347
Proposed first floor side extension.
Four Ways Inn Portway Hill Rowley Regis B65 9DD
Received 9 Jan 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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