What's changing near B33 0AQ
Within 2 km, around Kitts Green in Birmingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
3new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
123homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.4%like-for-like prices in Kitts Green, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.3%)
+3%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
- Planning permission
Permission for 1 home3 Hallmoor Road, Land adjacent, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 9QY (full planning permission) Jun 2024
800 m away - New schoolMay 2024
1.6 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
2.0 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.4 km away - Planning permissionOct 2023
1.8 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 8 homesLand Off Lea Hall Road, Rear Of 150-190, Stechford, Birmingham (full planning permission) Jan 2023
1.2 km away - Planning permissionDec 2022
1.8 km away - Planning permission
6homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
22since energy certificates began (2008)
3in B33 0AQ itself
- Extendedcertificate 2015
- Extendedcertificate 2014
- Extendedcertificate 2014
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
6storm overflows within 2 km
125hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
78spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Kitts Green Road Csointo Yardley Brook46 spills, 88 hours in 2025
1.3 km away - Severn Trent Water
Bell Lane Storm Overflowinto Hatchford Brook4 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Gressel Ln/Eatesbrook Rd Csointo River Cole22 spills, 9 hours in 2025
600 m away - Severn Trent Water
Sheldon Hall Avenue Csointo River Cole6 spills, 6 hours in 2025
800 m away - Severn Trent Water
Alcott Grove Csointo River Cole0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
800 m away - Severn Trent Water
Holly Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Hatchford Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.3 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
1.1 km away - Solar farm
Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jan 2025
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst Cooks Lane - Photovoltaic Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 2023
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Bishop Wilson Ce Primary School, Craig Croft - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2026
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
The Palletline Centre, Starley Way - Roof Mounted Solar PV arrayApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2025
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 320 kW
Mar 2026
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit B, Progress Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Progress Way, Marston Green - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Mar 2024
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Park Hall Academy, Water Orton Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jun 2026
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores, Coleshill Road - Solar PV panelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Feb 20253.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
7 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major, planned
Firswood Road, BirminghamNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Major
Firswood Road, BirminghamNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Major, planned
Granby Avenue, BirminghamNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Major
Granby Avenue, BirminghamNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Minor
East Meadway, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
100 m away - Minor
Goldstar Way, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
550 m away - Minor
Lea Village, BirminghamHighway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 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
5.6 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
19.9 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2026
23.9 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
28.2 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
4.8 km away - Transport
HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street stationUnder construction
under construction
8.1 km away
Running nearest: Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (energy from waste, 5.3 km); Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 5.4 km); Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 5.4 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.7 km); Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works (other, 5.8 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.