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"Severe blow" as battery farm gets go-ahead on Halesowen Green Belt
Backyard barbershop built illegally loses battle to remain open
Ice rink planning application for Dudley expected within months
Joy as Cradley greenspace saved from development
Plan for homes next to M5 rejected over cancer fears might still go ahead
‘Invalid’ plan for Halesowen apartments back on the agenda
Flats rejected over lack of parking in cramped street
New off-licence with flat above gets thumbs up despite concerns
Plan to turn Dudley house into hotel is given go ahead
Bid to convert home into family assessment centre turned down
Go-ahead given to transform eyesore site in Tipton
Plan to convert front room of terraced house in Sandwell into pharmacy rejected
Special measures care home could re-open as supported living flats
Hand car wash and sales firm's bid to stay in Cradley Heath
New facilities at Halesowen travellers site get green light
Oldbury children’s home plan is a ‘cash cow’ says former mayor
Storage site with 53 shipping containers planned next to Black Country estate
Final consultation set to start next month on Dudley Local Plan
Permission for pub's raised decking refused
Flats to be built off busy Black Country route
Plans to convert Halesowen house into flats thrown out after objections
Illegal ‘backyard’ barber shop could be allowed to stay
Council does U-turn and allows flats next to industrial estate
Planners rule application for Halesowen supported living apartments is invalid
First images of new homes on former Halesowen Sandvik site
Plans submitted for industrial units on historic Halesowen site
Homes planned for ‘eyesore’ land in Sandwell
Campaigner's anger at plans to build homes on greenbelt
Neighbours say they've been ‘through hell’ as four-year planning row ends
Council agrees to offload ‘essential’ community centre in £1 deal
Four-year row over illegal house demolition nearing end
Bid to convert Halesowen semi into flats
Row goes on over ‘luxury’ council homes in Netherton
Halesowen pole protestors warned during council debate
Townhouses plan opposite pub resurrected nearly a decade on
New block of flats approved for Halesowen
Plan to flatten Halesowen supermarket for larger store
Plans for day nursery and new home in Halesowen thrown out
Plans to convert salon into takeaway and pub into shop
Crumbling pub in Sandwell to be demolished ‘before it collapses by itself’
Pallet firm can stay next to 'at risk' Maltings
Much-criticised plan to ‘cram’ flats in street could still go ahead
Sandwell Council recommends empty pub is demolished despite 28 objections
Bid to divide landmark building into shops fails
Inspector overrules council and allows children’s home
Planning inspector slams council for using the term ‘garden grabbing’
Halesowen car dealerships extension and new look given go-ahead
Homes plan advances at former Cradley Heath pub turned fly-tipping hotspot
Flats opposite primary school could become care home for elderly
Changes to plan to turn former vets into flats in Quinton
Plan to turn offices opposite giant new ambulance HQ in Oldbury into flats
Inspector blocks move for children’s home in Oldbury
Flats next to former Rowley Regis quarry approved
Empty Oldbury shop to be converted into seven bedroom HMO