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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636 approved · 111 refused · 32 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 decisionPD/26/03325
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.80m H (2.90m to eaves)
12 Lynton Avenue West Bromwich B71 2QZ
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03326
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.50m L x 3.80m H (3.15m to eaves)
128 Coronation Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 7AX
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72067
Proposed two storey side and rear and single storey side extension (Revision to refused planning permission DC/26/71666)
3 Lawton Close Rowley Regis B65 9SW
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72068
Proposed change of use from commercial vehicle hire/sales to mixed-use specialist food wholesale cash and carry, trade counter, retail food store with storage, cold storage and distribution, parking and associated works.
Units A And B Portway Trade Park Little Fields Way Oldbury B69 2BZ
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03327
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.90m H (2.80m to eaves)
29 Basons Lane Oldbury B68 9SH
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03328
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.30m L x 4.00m H (3.00m to eaves)
15 Springfield Crescent West Bromwich B70 6LL
Received 27 Aug 2026 - UnknownNMA/26/00309
Non-material amendment for planning permission DC/23/68118.
103 - 108 Kings Square West Bromwich B70 7NN
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01069
Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 6, and 7 of planning permission DC/23/68236.
64 High Street Smethwick B66 1DS
Received 28 Aug 2026 - DecidedPD/26/03329
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 4.50m L x 3.30m H (3.00m to eaves)
33 Knottsall Lane Oldbury B68 9LG
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01070
Proposed discharge of conditions 3, 5, 16, 17 and 18 of planning permission DC/26/71532.
Land Adjacent To 61 And 72 Westmead Drive Oldbury B68 8QB
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72070
Proposed single and two storey side and rear extension.
77 Apsley Road Oldbury B68 0QY
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72071
Proposed variation of condition 1 of planning permission DC/26/71777 (proposed single storey front and side extension, and single and two storey rear extension) - to amend the first floor extension.
4 Jayshaw Avenue Great Barr Birmingham B43 5SE
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72075
Proposed replacement of existing roof with mansard roof to provide storage space with dormers to rear.
2 Lombard Street West West Bromwich
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03330
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.52m H (2.25m to eaves)
20 Winchester Road West Bromwich B71 2NZ
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72077
Proposed single and two storey rear extension, and first floor side extension.
38 Pear Tree Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 6JA
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDOC/26/01071
Proposed discharge of conditions 1-8 of planning permission DC/19/63644.
Land Adjoining 13 Causeway Green Road Oldbury B68 8LA
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03331
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 5.50m L x 2.84m H (2.50m to eaves)
Cherrytrees 297 Walsall Road West Bromwich B71 3LN
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72078
Proposed two storey front extension to include a projecting balcony and two storey side extension.
Cherrytrees 297 Walsall Road West Bromwich B71 3LN
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03332
Proposed single storey rear extension measuring: 6.00m L x 3.90m H (2.80m to eaves)
28 Baker House Grove Great Barr Birmingham B43 5HX
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72081
Proposed change of use from residential dwelling (Class C3) to residential home for up to two children (Class C2).
51 Langdale Road Great Barr Birmingham B43 5RB
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72082
Proposed single storey rear extension.
29 Barlow Road Wednesbury WS10 9QA
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72083
Proposed demolition of existing garage and single and two storey side/rear extension.
114 Brookfields Road Oldbury B68 9QS
Received 2 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionPD/26/03333
Proposed 20m high streetpole accommodating 12 No. antennas and ancillary equipment, together with 6 No. equipment cabinets, 1 No. meter cabinet and associated works.
Telecommunications Mast 27583 Land Adjacent Stuart Bathurst High School Wood Green Road Wednesbury
Received 3 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decisionDC/26/72084
Proposed single storey side/rear extension, first floor rear extension and porch to front (re-submission of previously approved application DC/22/67341).
73 Meyrick Road West Bromwich B70 0JP
Received 3 Sept 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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