What's changing near B26 2JA
Within 2 km, around Lyndon Green in Birmingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
105new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
227homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.7%like-for-like prices in Lyndon Green, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.3%)
+5%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
25 new homes completedflats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
57 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.3 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 1 home3 Hallmoor Road, Land adjacent, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 9QY (full planning permission) Jun 2024
1.7 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
1.1 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
950 m away - Planning permissionMar 2024
1.4 km away - Planning permissionFeb 2024
1.5 km away - Planning permission
19homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
33since energy certificates began (2008)
1in B26 2JA itself
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.
Storm overflows within 2 km
5storm overflows within 2 km
27hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
22spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Common Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Westley Brook8 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Yardley - Newbridge Rd Csointo River Cole8 spills, 7 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - Severn Trent Water
Yardley Blakesley Road Csointo River Cole1 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wagon Lane Areainto Not Defined2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
New Coventry Road Csointo Westley Brook3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.7 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
78 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (61 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Vertik-Al,Yardley Brook Industrial Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2022
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Birmingham Heartlands Hospital - Roof Top Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Oct 2022
2.5 km away - Solar farm
Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jan 2025
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 320 kW
Mar 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Parfetts Cash and Carry, Redfern Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Dec 2024
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores, Coleshill Road - Solar PV panelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Feb 2025
3.2 km away - Energy from waste
Hay Hall Road Energy Recovery FacilityApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
May 2019
3.4 km away - Battery storage
Jaguar Land Rover, Lode Lane – Battery Storage UnitApproved, not yet built
Jul 2023
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Eden Boys Leadership Academy, Alum Rock Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2023
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst Cooks Lane - Photovoltaic Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 20233.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned.
- Minor
Duncroft Road, BirminghamPermanent reinstatement · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
100 m away - Minor
Manor House Lane, BirminghamUtility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
550 m away - Minor
Queens Road, BirminghamPermanent reinstatement · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away - Minor
Manor House Lane, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Minor
Manor House Lane, BirminghamUtility asset works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Minor
Wensley Road, BirminghamUtility asset works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Minor
Sunnymead Road, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Immediate - emergency
The Lea, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
950 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided May 2020
6.3 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
17.7 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2026
25.2 km away - Decided
M54 to M6 Link RoadHighways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022
27.9 km away
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: Interchange station (Solihull)Under construction, near the NEC and Birmingham Airport
under construction
5.6 km away - Transport
HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street stationUnder construction
under construction
6.5 km away
Running nearest: Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (energy from waste, 3.3 km); Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 3.3 km); Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works (other, 7.5 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.9 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.