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Sandwell

Limited recent decision data is available for Sandwell, so we don't show a headline approval rate here — the figures below cover all application types on record.

Across all application types on record (2023-01-16–2026-04-10): 89.7% of 3,272 decisions approved.

3,649Total applications
2,935Approved
337Refused
125Withdrawn
204Pending
89.7%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
3,540Delegated Decision
109Committee Decision
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,276 1,132 144
88.7%
Prior Approval (Other) 525 486 39
92.6%
Full Planning Application 362 321 41
88.7%
Discharge of Conditions 260 253 7
97.3%
Change of Use 216 163 53
75.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 193 172 21
89.1%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 119 104 15
87.4%
Advertisement Consent 107 107 0
100.0%
Variations of permissions 37 33 4
89.2%
Telecommunications 37 37 0
100.0%
Full Planning (Major) 34 32 2
94.1%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 33 29 4
87.9%
Tree Works (TPO) 16 14 2
87.5%
Outline Planning 13 10 3
76.9%
Demolition 13 13 0
100.0%
Listed Building Consent 10 10 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 9 9 0
100.0%
Major - Variations of permissions 9 8 1
88.9%
Permission in Principle 2 1 1
50.0%
Reserved Matters 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 230 211
91.7%
2023-Q4 267 238
89.1%
2024-Q1 277 247
89.2%
2024-Q2 221 192
86.9%
2024-Q3 275 246
89.5%
2024-Q4 284 257
90.5%
2025-Q1 274 251
91.6%
2025-Q2 264 238
90.2%
2025-Q3 263 228
86.7%
2025-Q4 279 250
89.6%
2026-Q1 243 215
88.5%
2026-Q2 35 32
91.4%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
West Bromwich Central 237 222 15
93.7%
Oldbury 201 175 26
87.1%
St Pauls 175 152 23
86.9%
Wednesbury South 174 165 9
94.8%
Hateley Heath 169 150 19
88.8%
Charlemont With Grove Vale 165 141 24
85.5%
Greets Green & Lyng 162 145 17
89.5%
Soho & Victoria 151 121 30
80.1%
Cradley Heath & Old Hill 148 136 12
91.9%
Old Warley 134 118 16
88.1%
Great Barr With Yew Tree 134 124 10
92.5%
Wednesbury North 131 123 8
93.9%
Planning guides

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