Sandwell Council received 44 new home improvement planning applications in the last 30 days, down 34% on the previous 30 days, and 9 applications were approved, so those homeowners are now cleared to start. Extensions made up 68% of them, with fewer than 5 loft conversions and fewer than 5 garden room applications. ARIA reads the Sandwell planning register every day.
| Work type | New, 30 days | New, 90 days |
|---|---|---|
| Extensions | 30 | 124 |
| Loft conversions | fewer than 5 | 25 |
| Garages and garage conversions | fewer than 5 | 14 |
| Garden rooms | fewer than 5 | 10 |
| Porches | fewer than 5 | 9 |
| Roofing and roofline | fewer than 5 | 7 |
| Windows and doors | fewer than 5 | fewer than 5 |
| Driveways | fewer than 5 | fewer than 5 |
| Walls, fences and boundaries | fewer than 5 | fewer than 5 |
| Conservatories and orangeries | 0 | fewer than 5 |
| Cladding | 0 | fewer than 5 |
| Solar panels | 0 | fewer than 5 |
The biggest change was in extensions: 30 in the last 30 days, down from 40 in the previous 30.
| Postcode district | New applications, 90 days |
|---|---|
| B68 | 33 |
| B70 | 25 |
| B71 | 25 |
| B69 | 23 |
| B67 | 17 |
B68 and B70 had the most activity over the last 90 days.
143 homes sold in Sandwell in July 2026. People who've just moved in are among the most likely to replace windows, doors and kitchens. Land Registry publishes sales about two months behind, so these figures lag.
In the last 30 days Sandwell Council received 44 new home improvement applications that ARIA tracks: extensions, loft and garage conversions, windows and doors, conservatories, garden rooms, porches and similar work. Over 90 days the figure was 203 new applications.
Over the last 90 days the busiest postcode districts were B68 (33), B70 (25) and B71 (25).
Subscribers see the address for every application, and the homeowner's name where the council publishes it. In Sandwell, ARIA holds a named, mailable homeowner for 97% of applications. Names and addresses are only shown inside your account, never on public pages.
Planning applications are published on the council's public register. ARIA sends letters, not cold calls or emails, and every letter says who it's from, where the details came from and how to opt out. Anyone who opts out is never written to again.
Plenty of home improvements don't need planning permission. Many conservatories, porches, loft conversions and window replacements fall under permitted development, so they never appear on the register. ARIA only shows work that has been through the planning system.
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Figures from public planning registers, updated 28 October 2026. Counts below 5 are shown as 'fewer than 5'.