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Code of Practice for the Display of Goods and Advertising Boards on the Adopted Footway

Concerns relating to businesses displaying goods on the footway outside shop fronts and in some cases along kerbside opposite shops have been long standing. Shop front displays can narrow footways for pedestrians and obscure sight lines, with potential safety hazard for vulnerable people with sight impairments, wheelchairs users etc.

Closes 11 December 2024

Friar Park Millennium Centre Extension and Refurbishment Project - Information Sharing Event

Sandwell Council is inviting residents to view the proposals for the Friar Park Millennium Centre. The project, which is being funded via the Wednesbury Levelling Up Partnership, will involve refurbishing the existing main building alongside building a new extension to the rear. The improvements will help respond to concerns raised by residents about whether the current centre is big enough to serve the growing population in the Friar Park ward. A weblink titled ...

Closes 15 December 2024

Closed consultations and engagement

Issues we've asked you about previously

Friar Park Urban Village Land Remediation

Friar Park Urban Village proposes the remediation and re-development of the largest brownfield site in the West Midlands. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (SMBC) jointly own the land and are working in partnership to see the site developed. The site has been allocated for housing in SMBC’s planning policy for circa 20 years. The allocation is currently proposed in the emerging Sandwell Local Plan to address local...

Closed 29 November 2024

Consultation on Sandwell Council's Statement of Gambling Policy

Every three years, Sandwell Council must publish a Statement of Gambling Policy with respect to the exercising of our licensing functions.

Closed 26 November 2024

Consultation on Sandwell Council's Statement of Licensing Policy

Every five years, Sandwell Council must publish a Statement of Licensing Policy with respect to the exercising of our licensing functions.

Closed 26 November 2024

Your impact

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

We asked

Sandwell Council published the Publication Sandwell Local Plan on 23 September 2024 and invited comments on its soundess and legal compliance until 11 November 2024.

You said

Over 360 comments were made on the soundness and legal compliance of the Local Plan. 

We did

The Publication Sandwell Local Plan, comments made on soundness and legal compliance, and supporting documents and information will be submitted to the Secretary of State. An Independent Planning Inspector will be appointed to examine the Local Plan in an open forum called an Examination in Public. To follow the progress of the Local Plan please visit https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/localplan and register for email updates at https://sandwell.oc2.uk/register/process/0 

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