Metropolitan borough council · England

Sandwell

Sandwell is a metropolitan borough council. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

Sandwell
Metropolitan borough council · E08000028
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Metropolitan borough council
Single tier
Official code
E08000028
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.
Combined authority
West Midlands
Strategic transport, economic development, skills

Other bodies covering this area

West Midlands
Combined authority
  • Strategic transport
  • Economic development
  • Skills
West Midlands
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
44
Postcode sectors
24
Wards
4
Constituencies

11 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

24 wards recorded in this council area.

Abbey · Blackheath · Bristnall · Charlemont with Grove Vale · Cradley Heath and Old Hill · Friar Park · Great Barr with Yew Tree · Great Bridge · Greets Green and Lyng · Hateley Heath · Langley · Newton · Old Warley · Oldbury · Princes End · Rowley · Smethwick · Soho and Victoria · St Pauls · Tipton Green · Tividale · Wednesbury North · Wednesbury South · West Bromwich Central

Postcode sectors

B43 5 · B43 6 · B64 5 · B64 6 · B64 7 · B65 0 · B65 8 · B65 9 · B66 1 · B66 2 · B66 3 · B66 4 · B67 5 · B67 6 · B67 7 · B67 9 · B68 0 · B68 8 · B68 9 · B69 1 · B69 2 · B69 3 · B69 4 · B69 9 · B70 0 · B70 1 · B70 6 · B70 7 · B70 8 · B70 9 · B71 1 · B71 2 · B71 3 · B71 4 · DY4 0 · DY4 4 · DY4 7 · DY4 8 · DY4 9 · WS10 0 · WS10 1 · WS10 7 · WS10 9 · WS5 4

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E08000028.