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Take part in consultations, surveys and conversations that interest you, and find out more about decisions we’ve made



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Open opportunities to get involved

Wednesbury Town Centre Public Realm and Urban Greening Improvements: Your Views

As part of the Wednesbury Levelling Up Partnership, Sandwell Council is inviting residents, businesses, and community groups to have their say on the public realm work that has been completed in Wednesbury Town Centre. This will help us to understand the impact of the work completed to date. The public realm is the space between buildings that is open and accessible to everyone. T he work undertaken as part of this project has aimed to make Wednesbury town centre more inviting and...

Closes 31 August 2025

Sandwell Design Code

We are excited to announce that Sandwell Council has started work on developing a Design Code. A Design Code is a planning document that includes a set of design requirements for the physical development of an area. It will include a review and replacement of our existing Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document. National Government requires all local authorities to establish design codes, and Sandwell is looking to develop a best practice borough-wide example. The...

Closes 15 September 2025

Closed consultations and engagement

Issues we've asked you about previously

Electric Vehicle Charging Consultation

We are consulting residents on a proposed location for an Electric Vehicle Charger. The installed charger will be 7 kw able to provide a charger throughout the day or overnight. The Location is shown below: Milcote Road

Closed 22 August 2025

Evidence & Research: Public Survey

A new programme has been set up, working with Sandwell Council, to increase the use of evidence and research. We’d like to hear from you about what is important to you.

Closed 15 August 2025

Towns Fund West Bromwich Connected Hill Top/Bagnall Street

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council is excited to share with you proposals to construct a cycle track on Bagnall Street, West Bromwich. This follows the receipt of funding from the Department for Transport, called the Active Travel Fund, as part of the Government’s announcement in November 2020 to invest in high-quality cycling and walking infrastructure across England to make local cycling and walking journeys safer for all. It is hoped that the fully segregated...

Closed 15 August 2025

Your impact

Outcomes of issues we have asked you about previously. See all outcomes

We asked

Sandwell Council invited representations between 28 April and 9 June 2025 on three Main Modifications to the Sandwell Local Plan proposed by the Council. 

  1. The proposed allocation of part of Rowley Regis Golf Course, Tippity Green, Rowley Regis, B66 9EJ for housing development. 
  2. Changes to the wording of Policy SCC4 – Embodied Carbon and Waste.
  3. The removal of Hill House Farm as a potential Habitat Bank for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) and its replacement with Ray Hall Pastoral Land. 

You said

Comments were made on the soundness and legal compliance of the proposed Main Modifications.

We did

The proposed Main Modifications, supporting evidence and responses made to the consultation have been submitted to the Independent Planning Inspector appointed to examine the Sandwell Local Plan. The Inspector will decide whether to incorporate the Main Modifications into the Local Plan during the examination process.

To follow the examination of the Local Plan please visit https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/localplanexamination 

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