What's changing near B62 0NT
Within 2 km, around Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley in Bromsgrove. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
39new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.6%like-for-like prices in Dodford, Belbroughton & Romsley, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.5%)
+11%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
650 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 41 m²
15since energy certificates began (2008)
0in B62 0NT 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
25hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
16spill events counted
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
36 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (13 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Illeybrook Farm - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025
2.4 km away - Battery storage
Illey Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Oct 2025
2.5 km away - Battery storage
Lowlands Farm - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2024
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Halesowen Leisure Centre, Great Cornbow - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Windsor High School And Sixth Form - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2021
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
M J Sections Limited, Stourbridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2025
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Hollywood Bowl, Parkway - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Sept 2024
4.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Morrisons Supermarket, Rubery - Solar PhotovoltaicsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jan 2022
4.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Bell Heath Way, Woodgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Feb 2023
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Newfield Park Primary School, Whittingham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024
4.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major
The Hedgerows, RomsleyUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away - Minor
Bromsgrove Road, RomsleyHighway repair and maintenance works · WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
350 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 Oct 2013
9.5 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
23.8 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
26.0 km away - Pre-application
Arrow Valley SolarGenerating Stations · approximately 4km south west of Alcester within the administrative area of Wychavon District Council, Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Redditch Borough Council. application due April 2027
29.0 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
Running nearest: Sandy Lane Generation Plant (landfill gas, 3.9 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 5.9 km); Bumble Hole Lane, Dodford - Solar PV (rooftop solar, 7.0 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.0 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 9.3 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.