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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636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- DecidedDC/26/71696
Retention of outbuilding at rear.
39 Darby Road Wednesbury WS10 0PN
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01015
Proposed discharge of condition 9 of planning permission DC/24/69738.
The Phoenix Collegiate Clarkes Lane West Bromwich B71 2BX
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71697
Proposed first floor side and single storey rear extensions.
19 Kennford Close Rowley Regis B65 9SF
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71698
Proposed two storey rear extension, single storey front and two storey/first floor side extensions.
4 St Margarets Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6LD
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03226
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.50m L x 3.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
54 Lyndon West Bromwich B71 4EW
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71699
Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning permission DC/25/70452 (Proposed two storey side and single storey front extensions). Proposed two storey front and side extensions.
29 Churchill Drive Rowley Regis B65 8DX
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71700
Proposed single storey front extension.
81 Brades Rise Oldbury B69 2HG
Received 28 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/6995A
Proposed 1 No. freestanding digital screen.
Overend Service Station Corngreaves Road Cradley Heath B64 7EA
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71701
Proposed new shop front with canopy. three storey rear extension to create 4 no. 1 bed apartments and external alterations.
131 High Street West Bromwich B70 6NY
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03227
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 3.17m H (3.17m to eaves)
35 Glastonbury Road West Bromwich B71 2LL
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71702
Proposed single storey rear extension and alterations to the side roof.
68 Essex Avenue West Bromwich B71 1HY
Received 29 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71703
Proposed garage conversion into habitable room, two storey rear, first floor side and single storey side and rear extensions and fenestration alterations (Revision to refused planning permission DC/25/70301).
169 Oakham Road Tividale Oldbury B69 1PZ
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71704
Proposed access platform lift and balustrades to existing front wall.
86 Portway Road Rowley Regis B65 9DA
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03228
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 3.85m H (2.60m to eaves)
27 Clifford Road West Bromwich B70 8JY
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03229
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.0m L x 3.0m H (3.0m to eaves)
236 Bristnall Hall Road Oldbury B68 9NJ
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71705
Proposed single storey rear extension, hip to gable roof extension, loft conversion, rear dormer window and detached outbuilding in rear garden.
8 Barston Road Oldbury B68 0PS
Received 30 Apr 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03230
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 3.80m H (2.90m to eaves)
60 Jowetts Lane West Bromwich B71 2QU
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71706
Proposed single storey side/rear extension and raising of roof height of existing garage.
125 Apsley Road Oldbury B68 0QT
Received 1 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71707
Proposed loft conversion and rear dormer window.
12 Hawthorn Croft Oldbury B68 0DP
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71708
Proposed two storey side and front extension, amendment to window in single storey rear extension, and extension to porch.
48 Scott Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6JT
Received 1 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71710
Proposed construction of Causeway Green Primary School, formal and informal outdoor play spaces, car parking, landscaping, amenity areas, external lighting, plant, access and other associated works.
Land At Former Brandhall Golf Course Heron Road Oldbury
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71711
Proposed pruning of Oak Tree (T4) to boundary and reduction of crown.
Woodcote 16 Hill Lane (Rear 4 Garman Close) Great Barr Birmingham B43 6NA
Received 5 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71712
Proposed change of use to temporary food outlet for 3 years with associated parking and boundary treatment.
Land At Former 175 - 177 Princess Parade High Street West Bromwich
Received 5 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71713
Proposed single storey side and rear extension.
84 Hall Green Road West Bromwich B71 3LB
Received 5 May 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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