What's changing near B37 5QJ
Within 2 km, around Chelmsley Wood West in Solihull. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
5new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
13homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.4%like-for-like prices in Chelmsley Wood West, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
+10%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
15since energy certificates began (2008)
0in B37 5QJ 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
6storm overflows within 2 km
28hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
10spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Bell Lane Storm Overflowinto Hatchford Brook4 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
Sheldon Hall Avenue Csointo River Cole6 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Severn Trent Water
Coleshill Road 2 Csointo Low Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away - Severn Trent Water
Coleshill Road 2 Csointo Low Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away - Severn Trent Water
Holly Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Hatchford Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - Severn Trent Water
Alcott Grove Csointo River Cole0 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
71 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (61 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Bishop Wilson Ce Primary School, Craig Croft - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2026
950 m away - Solar farm
Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jan 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst Cooks Lane - Photovoltaic Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 2023
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit B, Progress Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Progress Way, Marston Green - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Mar 2024
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
The Palletline Centre, Starley Way - Roof Mounted Solar PV arrayApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2025
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Birmingham Airport, Diamond House - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 960 kW
Aug 2023
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Vertik-Al,Yardley Brook Industrial Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2022
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Melbicks Garden Centre, Chester Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Nov 2022
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 320 kW
Mar 20263.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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
4.1 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
20.8 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2026
22.0 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2025
29.8 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
29.9 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
3.2 km away - Transport
HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street stationUnder construction
under construction
9.9 km away
Running nearest: Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.2 km); Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works (other, 6.3 km); Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (energy from waste, 6.9 km); Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 6.9 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.