What's changing near B63 4HX
Within 2 km, around Hawne in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
3new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
120homes 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
- Planning permissionMay 2025
1.7 km away - New schoolAug 2024
1.4 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
1.8 km away - Planning permissionJul 2022
1.8 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 8 homes122, 124, 126 and 128, COLLEY GATE, CRADLEY, HALESOWEN, B63 2BU (full planning permission) Apr 2022
1.2 km away - Planning permissionSept 2021
800 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
20homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
31since energy certificates began (2008)
0in B63 4HX 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
5storm overflows within 2 km
805hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
102spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Belle Vale Combined Sewer Overflowinto River Stour49 spills, 699 hours in 2025
850 m away - Severn Trent Water
Chester Road (Cradley Road 2) Csointo River Stour31 spills, 74 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Severn Trent Water
Halesowen – Meadowbrook Road No.49 (Cso)into Unnamed Tributary Of Lutley Gutter17 spills, 24 hours in 2025
900 m away - Severn Trent Water
Fallowfield Road Csointo Tributary Of Lutley Gutter5 spills, 8 hours in 2025
950 m away - Severn Trent Water
Dudley Road Csointo Illey Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.8 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
54 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (58 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Windsor High School And Sixth Form - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2021
1.0 km away - Rooftop solar
M J Sections Limited, Stourbridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Newfield Park Primary School, Whittingham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Halesowen College, Whittingham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2025
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Halesowen Leisure Centre, Great Cornbow - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Steelpark Road, Unit G1 - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 2025
2.2 km away - Battery storage
Illey Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Oct 2025
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
NDC Polipak, Garratts Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jan 2023
2.9 km away - Battery storage
Illeybrook Farm - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Thorns Collegiate Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2024
3.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
6 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
- Major, planned
Windmill Hill, CradleyUtility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Major, planned
Hawne Lane, HalesowenRemedial works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
850 m away - Standard
Alexandra Road, HalesowenUtility asset works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Minor
Stourbridge Road, HalesowenHighway improvement works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
200 m away - Minor
Banners Lane, CradleyHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Minor
High Farm Road, HalesowenHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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
22.0 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
24.7 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
25.9 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
Running nearest: Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 1.8 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.2 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 5.2 km); DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 7.4 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 7.7 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.