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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636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/26/03299
Proposed single storey rear extension: measuring 6.00m L x 2.90m H 2.90m (flat roof)
103 Ebenezer Street West Bromwich B70 0HY
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedDC/26/71968
Proposed single storey side/rear extension.
15 William Avery Drive Smethwick B66 2EF
Received 27 Jul 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71969
Proposed single storey rear extension (Lawful Development Certificate).
74 Pel Crescent Oldbury B68 8ST
Received 27 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03300
Proposed 20m high monopole hosting 6 no. antennas, 3 no. ERS, 2 no. dishes, equipment housing and other ancillary development.
Telecommunications Mast 104616 Land At Corner Of Bleak Street/Stony Lane Smethwick
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71970
Proposed single storey side/rear extension with associated car parking
22 Whitehouse Drive Smethwick B66 1RP
Received 28 Jul 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03301
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 3.70m L x 3.70m H (3.0m to eaves)
44 Pleasant Street West Bromwich B70 0RE
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71971
Proposed two metre crown reduction to tree at rear.
Barclays 313 High Street West Bromwich B70 8LU
Received 28 Jul 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/01056
Proposed discharge of condition 5 of planning permission DC/25/71111.
Site Of 10 To 52 Coppice Street West Bromwich
Received 28 Jul 2026 - UnknownNMA/26/00303
Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/25/70617
Land Adjacent 39 Harvest Road Rowley Regis B65 8EW
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71972
Retention of front dormer window.
6 Mildred Way Rowley Regis B65 9SQ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71973
Proposed rear/side extension.
8 Greenwood Avenue Oldbury B68 8JF
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71974
Proposed single storey side/rear extension, hip-to-gable roof extension to incorporate loft conversion, roof lights to front and a rear dormer.
16 Kingsway Oldbury B68 0QB
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71975
Retention of front extension as secure parking and storage.
Multi Quick Powder Coating Ltd Mornington Road Smethwick B66 2JE
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71976
Proposed 1 No. residential dwelling and associated works.
Land Adj 61 Harvest Road Rowley Regis B65 8EL
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01057
Proposed discharge of conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission DC/26/71789.
Longwear Alloys Limited Pleasant Street Lyng West Bromwich B70 7DP
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71977
Proposed change of use at ground floor from radio station/storage to private members club (Revision to refused planning permission DC/24/70054)
Grand House 123 - 125 Popes Lane Oldbury B69 4PA
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71979
Proposed single storey front extension to incorporate porch with a pitched roof.
71 Temple Meadows Road West Bromwich B71 4DF
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71980
Continued use as retail at ground floor and 9 No. bedroom (9 No. person) HMO at ground/first/second floors (Lawful Development Certificate).
37 Upper High Street Wednesbury WS10 7HJ
Received 30 Jul 2026 - UnknownDC/26/71981
Proposed single storey rear extension (Lawful Development Certificate).
109 Ebenezer Street West Bromwich B70 0HY
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionNMA/26/00304
Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/25/71100.
50 Birch Road Oldbury B68 0NY
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01058
Proposed discharge of conditions 5, 8, 9, 11, 19, 21 and 23 of planning permission DC/25/70339.
Land Adj To Intersection House 110 Birmingham Road West Bromwich
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71982
Proposed alterations to existing glazing to translucent panels to side and rear.
Chep UK Limited Roebuck Street West Bromwich B70 6RB
Received 31 Jul 2026 - UnknownDOC/26/01059
Proposed discharge of condition 3 of planning permission DC/25/70538.
Colas Limited Cakemore Road Rowley Regis B65 0QU
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/71983
Proposed removal of 2 No. trees in rear garden.
19 Meadowside Close Great Barr Birmingham B43 6BP
Received 31 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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