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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636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decisionDC/26/71954
Proposed two storey rear extension
89B Park Lane East Tipton DY4 8RP
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01050
Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 of planning permission DC/25/71286.
Land Adj 39 Wake Green Road Tipton DY4 0AN
Received 21 Jul 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71955
Proposed loft conversion with 3 roof lights to front and a dormer to rear (Lawful Development Certificate).
47 Broomfield Smethwick B67 7DR
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71956
Retention of single storey side/rear extension and detached outbuilding. - ENF/26/13173
13 Romsley Road Oldbury B68 9BT
Received 22 Jul 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71957
Proposed single storey rear extension and replacement of existing flat roof at rear to pitched roof.
65C Abbey Road Smethwick B67 5LG
Received 22 Jul 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71958
Proposed garage conversion into habitable room.
30 Kirkham Way Tipton DY4 8TW
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71959
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling to residential care home for 1 No. young person aged between 4 and 18 years old (Lawful Development Certificate).
22 Brunel Road Oldbury B69 1JD
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71960
Proposed single storey side extension.
8 Edwin Phillips Drive West Bromwich B71 2AZ
Received 22 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03293
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.50m L x 3.05m H (2.80m to eaves)
27 Stella Road Tipton DY4 9BW
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03294
Proposed demolition of former community centre and clearance of derelict former garages on the adjacent site.
Cradley Heath Community Centre & Adjacent Site 120A Reddal Hill Road Cradley Heath B64 5JG
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71962
Proposed 1 No. smart-space workshop and 1 No. store building.
Potakabin Site Accommodation Ltd Shaw Street West Bromwich B70 0TX
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/7005A
Proposed 2 No. freestanding signs and 1 No. internally illuminated totem sign.
WBA FanZone Car Park Birmingham Road West Bromwich
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71963
Proposed installation of electric vehicle charging hub and associated works.
WBA FanZone Car Park Birmingham Road West Bromwich
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71964
Proposed installation of disabled access platform lift, supporting wall, steps and handrails to front.
160 Spouthouse Lane Great Barr Birmingham B43 5QA
Received 23 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03295
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.0m L x 3.0m H (2.40m to eaves)
44 Poplar Road Smethwick B66 4AN
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71966
Proposed single storey modular classroom block.
Harvills Hawthorn Primary School Wolseley Road West Bromwich B70 0NG
Received 23 Jul 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/01051
Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14 and 17 of planning permission DC/23/68407.
Land Fronting Archer Way (Rear Of 12 To 18) Avenue Road Rowley Regis
Received 24 Jul 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71967
Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning permission DC/23/67935 to amend parking layout and insert new conditions relating to parking.
Ash Lodge Nursing Home 135 Londonderry Lane Smethwick B67 7EL
Received 24 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03297
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.50m L x 3.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
25C Holden Road Wednesbury WS10 0DB
Received 24 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03298
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 2.90m H (2.90m to eaves)
95 Holly Lane Smethwick B67 7LB
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01052
Proposed discharge of condition 11 of planning permission DC/25/71028.
Unit A Kings Hill Business Park Darlaston Road Wednesbury WS10 7SH
Received 24 Jul 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/01053
Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 5 of planning permission DC/26/71416.
1 Okehampton Drive West Bromwich B71 1DE
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01054
Proposed discharge of condition 3 of planning permission DC/26/71358.
Bromford Iron And Steel Co Limited Bromford Lane West Bromwich B70 7JJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/01055
Proposed discharge of conditions 2, 4, 20 and 21 of planning permission DC/24/70135.
64 Union Street Tipton DY4 8QH
Received 27 Jul 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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