Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 1,300 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 10% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 53 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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9 October 2026 · Refused
Windmill House 32 Windmill Lane Smethwick B66 3LX · DC/26/71997
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25 September 2026 · Approved
Proposed 30 unit residential development.
Land Formerly Wednesbury Motors Holyhead Road Wednesbury · DC/26/71634
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18 September 2026 · Approved
Land At Former Brandhall Golf Course Heron Road Oldbury · DC/26/71710
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10 August 2026 · Approved
Proposed 18 dwellings, public open space and infrastructure.
Land To Rear High Point Academy Friar Park Road Wednesbury · DC/25/71072
Figures for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 1,300 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 10%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 53 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 10%of more than 500 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 88 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 36%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 27plan adopted 2011 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issues are: • the effect of the appeal development on the character and appearance of the local area; and • whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for existing occupants of adjacent properties, with particular regard…”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The main issues relevant to this appeal are: • The effect of the proposal on highway safety • The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of the occupiers of the proposed development and nearby occupants with regard to…”
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“The main issues are: • Whether air quality for future occupiers of the proposed development would be acceptable, with particular regard to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) targets; • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing…”
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“The main issues in this appeal are i) the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, and ii) whether or not the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupants with regard…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.