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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636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- UnknownDC/26/71751
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to 6 No. bedroom (6 No. person) HMO with single storey rear extensions, loft conversion and rear dormer window (Lawful Development Certificate)
12 Beakes Road Smethwick B67 5RU
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71752
Retention of single storey front extension including canopy and outbuilding to rear.
59 Tanhouse Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 5AB
Received 13 May 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03240
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 4.50m L x 4.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
59 Tanhouse Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 5AB
Received 13 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71753
Proposed first floor rear extension to create 3 No. additional bedrooms to existing HMO (13 bedrooms in total).
9 West Cross Shopping Centre Oldbury Road Smethwick B66 1JG
Received 14 May 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03241
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.10m H (3.00m to eaves)
2 St Christopher Drive Wednesbury WS10 0GE
Received 14 May 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03242
Proposed telecommunications base station with 20m streetpole mast supporting 6 No. antennas and 2 No. equipment cabinets and ancillary development.
Telecommunications Mast 025926 Corner Central Avenue Portersfield Road Cradley Heath
Received 14 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71754
Proposed single storey rear/side extension.
27 Surfeit Hill Road Cradley Heath B64 7EB
Received 14 May 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03243
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 4.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
4 Mushroom Hall Road Oldbury B68 8JL
Received 14 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71755
Proposed single storey rear/side extension.
Kevindel 128A Powke Lane Rowley Regis B65 0AG
Received 15 May 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71756
Proposed hip to gable roof extension, loft conversion, rear dormer and 2 No. rooflights to front (Lawful Development Certificate).
Kevindel 128A Powke Lane Rowley Regis B65 0AG
Received 15 May 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03244
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 3.50m L x 2.93m H (2.93m to eaves)
10 Ingestre Drive Great Barr Birmingham B43 6QW
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71757
Proposed first floor side and single storey front extensions, garage conversion into habitable room and new pitched roof to existing single storey front and side elevation.
10 Ingestre Drive Great Barr Birmingham B43 6QW
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/6998A
Proposed 2 No digital display screens.
MCS Plant Hire Group Ltd Gregston Industrial Estate Birmingham Road Oldbury B69 4EX
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71758
Proposed pitched roof to existing side extension.
97 Coronation Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 7AU
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71759
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to 9 No. bedroom (9 No. person) HMO.
1 Queens Road Smethwick B67 7HQ
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71760
Proposed single and two storey side and rear extension, front porch and outbuilding to rear.
6 Coburg Croft Tipton DY4 7LJ
Received 18 May 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71761
Retention of use as 21 No. self-contained apartments (Lawful Development Certificate).
Brunswick Apartments Brunswick Park Road Wednesbury
Received 15 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71762
Proposed single storey rear extension, new porch and part render to existing front elevation.
68 Pear Tree Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6JA
Received 18 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71763
Proposed first floor side and single storey rear extensions, front dormer window and part garage conversion into habitable room.
140 Darbys Hill Road Oldbury B69 1SE
Received 18 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71764
Retention of external wall insulation and render to front/side/rear.
29 Highfield Road Smethwick B67 6AP
Received 19 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71765
Proposed change of use from bank to dental surgery with two storey link extension joining to existing dental surgery (No. 74 Birmingham Road) and associated works.
70 And 74 Birmingham Road Rowley Regis B65 9BA
Received 19 May 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71766
Retention of outhouse to rear.
68 Brook Road Oldbury B68 8AA
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71767
Proposed single storey side and rear extensions (Resubmission of planning permission DC/22/67522)
Tendercare Home 237 - 241 Oldbury Road Rowley Regis B65 0PP
Received 19 May 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71768
Proposed hip to gable roof extension, loft conversion and rear dormer window (Lawful Development Certificate).
55 Brennand Road Oldbury B68 0SU
Received 19 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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