Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Birmingham › Neighbourhood Quinton Ridgacre › Postcode B32 1JX What's changing near B32 1JX Within 2 km, around Quinton Ridgacre in Birmingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
33 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
37 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.9% like-for-like prices in Quinton Ridgacre, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.3%)
-19% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024
Oct 2024 Planning permission Oct 2023 Planning permission May 2023 Planning permission Feb 2023 New school Jun 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
18 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
47 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in B32 1JX 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 5 storm overflows within 2 km
27 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
48 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Stanley Road Cso into Tributary Of Bourn Brook 26 spills, 16 hours in 2025
50 m away Severn Trent Water Vicarage Road Cso into Tributary Of Bourn Brook 20 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Tennal Lane Cso into Tributary Of Bourn Brook 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Middle Acre Combined Sewer Overflow into Stonehouse Brook 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Severn Trent Water Fredas Grove Cso into Trib Of Bourn Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.9 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 81 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (110 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Bell Heath Way, Woodgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Shenley Court Secondary School, Shenley Lane - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar First Steps Nursery, Waterloo Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Steelpark Road, Unit G1 - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jul 2025 Battery storage Lowlands Farm - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2024 Battery storage York Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Devonshire Infant & Junior Academies, Auckland Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Illeybrook Farm - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Halesowen Leisure Centre, Great Cornbow - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Halesowen College, Whittingham Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jun 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 14 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Hollybush Grove, Birmingham Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Hollybush Grove, Birmingham Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Hagley Road West, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard West Boulevard, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Court Oak Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Glyn Farm Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Higgins Lane, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Arkwright Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Grayswood Park Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Immediate - emergency Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided May 2020 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 Decided decided May 2020 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 Running nearest: DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 5.5 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.8 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 6.2 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 7.0 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 7.8 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.