Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Birmingham › Neighbourhood Yardley South › Postcode B26 1BG What's changing near B26 1BG Within 2 km, around Yardley South in Birmingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
112 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
259 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-4.5% like-for-like prices in Yardley South, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.3%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 57 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 Planning permission Nov 2024 Planning permission Mar 2024 Planning permission Mar 2024 Planning permission Feb 2024 Planning permission 36 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
60 since energy certificates began (2008)
6 in B26 1BG itself
Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2016 Extended Storm overflows within 2 km 11 storm overflows within 2 km
53 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
63 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Birmingham - Bordesley Green Road (Cso) into River Cole 27 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Common Lane Combined Sewer Overflow into Westley Brook 8 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Yardley - Newbridge Rd Cso into River Cole 8 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Yardley Blakesley Road Cso into River Cole 1 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Yardley - Yardley Green Road Cso into River Cole 10 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Small Heath - Muntz St Cso into River Cole 2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Wagon Lane Area into Not Defined 2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Severn Trent Water New Coventry Road Cso into Westley Brook 3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 76 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (61 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Parfetts Cash and Carry, Redfern Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 390 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - Roof Top Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Oct 2022 Energy from waste Hay Hall Road Energy Recovery Facility Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
May 2019 Rooftop solar Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar Panels Planning application in · 320 kW
Mar 2026 Battery storage Jaguar Land Rover, Lode Lane – Battery Storage Unit Approved, not yet built
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Cole Valley, Westwood Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 780 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Vertik-Al,Yardley Brook Industrial Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Golden Hillock Road, Sparkbrook - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 730 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Formans Road, Tyseley - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Greet Primary School, Percy Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jul 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 10 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Clay Lane, Birmingham Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 Standard Yew Tree Lane, Birmingham Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 Standard Yew Tree Lane, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Coventry Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · Transport for West Midlands - Passenger Transport Executive · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Coventry Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Sunnymead Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Manor House Lane, Birmingham Utility asset works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Manor House Lane, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Manor House Lane, Birmingham Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided May 2020 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided Feb 2026 Decided M54 to M6 Link Road Highways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022 Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.
Transport schemes within 20 km Transport HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street station Under construction
under construction Transport HS2: Interchange station (Solihull) Under construction, near the NEC and Birmingham Airport
under construction Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Running nearest: Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 2.3 km); Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (energy from waste, 2.4 km); Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 7.9 km); Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works (other, 8.6 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 9.1 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.