What's changing near B63 3PT
Within 2 km, around Hawne in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
86new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
116homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.4%like-for-like prices in Hawne, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
-0%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
- New homes
21 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – May 2026
May 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
22 new homes completed2 flats, 20 houses · Jan 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.8 km away - Planning permissionMay 2025
1.4 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.6 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
700 m away - Planning permissionMar 2024
1.5 km away - New schoolOct 2023
1.1 km away
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
20since energy certificates began (2008)
0in B63 3PT 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
2storm overflows within 2 km
699hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
49spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Belle Vale Combined Sewer Overflowinto River Stour49 spills, 699 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Severn Trent Water
Dudley Road Csointo Illey Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m 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
61 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (115 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Newfield Park Primary School, Whittingham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024
350 m away - Rooftop solar
Halesowen College, Whittingham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2025
450 m away - Rooftop solar
M J Sections Limited, Stourbridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2025
750 m away - Rooftop solar
Steelpark Road, Unit G1 - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 2025
800 m away - Rooftop solar
Windsor High School And Sixth Form - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2021
900 m away - Rooftop solar
Halesowen Leisure Centre, Great Cornbow - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
NDC Polipak, Garratts Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jan 2023
2.1 km away - Battery storage
Illey Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Oct 2025
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Moor Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2025
2.4 km away - Battery storage
Illeybrook Farm - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025
3.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
- Major, planned
Furnace Lane, HalesowenHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Major
Hardwick Drive Ph2, HalesowenUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Major, planned
Hawne Lane, HalesowenRemedial works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
750 m away - Minor
Lodgefield Road, HalesowenRemedial works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
750 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
13.4 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
21.4 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
23.4 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
25.5 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: Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 2.1 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 3.4 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 4.9 km); DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 6.1 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 6.6 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.