Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Local plan

There is a problem

• 1 row is missing a documentation-url

Sandwell Local Plan 2

• reference: sandwell-local-plan-2
• name: Sandwell Local Plan 2
• dataset: local-plan
• description: Will be prepared under the new plan-making system. It will contain strategic and local planning policies, and allocate sites in Sandwell. It will replace all previous Local Plan documents.
• period-start-date: 2026-04-01
• period-end-date: 2044-04-01
• local-planning-authorities: E60000133
• documentation-url:

  documentation-url missing

• entry-date: 2026-06-30
• notes: Placeholder to help the authority provide their data

How to fix this issue

Your data is missing a documentation-url.

The Local plan guidance explains how to fix the issue:

documentation-url

Enter the URL of the webpage which links to your main or core plan document.

If there are several plans listed on a single webpage, you can use an anchor link (fragment identifier) to make the document-url value for each plan unique. For example:

• https://eastcambs.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/planning-policy-and-guidance/adopted-local-plan/local-plan
• https://example.com/local-plans/#example-local-plan-2027

How to improve Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s data

1. Fix the errors indicated
2. Use the check service to make sure the data meets the standard
3. Publish the updated data on the endpoint URL