Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Solihull › Neighbourhood Chelmsley Wood East › Postcode B37 7JL What's changing near B37 7JL Within 2 km, around Chelmsley Wood East in Solihull. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
0 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
3 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.6% like-for-like prices in Chelmsley Wood East, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
-2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first Planning permission Apr 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 0 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in B37 7JL 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Coleshill Road 2 Cso into Low Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.0 km away Severn Trent Water Coleshill Road 2 Cso into Low Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.0 km away Severn Trent Water Holly Lane Combined Sewer Overflow into Hatchford 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 63 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (66 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Bishop Wilson Ce Primary School, Craig Croft - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Unit B, Progress Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Progress Way, Marston Green - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar The Palletline Centre, Starley Way - Roof Mounted Solar PV array Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2025 Solar farm Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst Cooks Lane - Photovoltaic Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Melbicks Garden Centre, Chester Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Nov 2022 Rooftop solar Birmingham Airport, Diamond House - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 960 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar Panels Planning application in · 320 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Vertik-Al,Yardley Brook Industrial Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major Berwicks Lane, Solihull Highway improvement works · SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Yorkminster Drive, Solihull Utility asset works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided May 2020 Decided decided Feb 2026 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided Mar 2025 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 Transport HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street station Under construction
under construction Running nearest: Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 2.6 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.1 km); Minsworth Sewage Treatment Works (other, 6.6 km); Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 7.8 km); Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (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.