Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Sandwell › Neighbourhood Bearwood & Warley Woods › Postcode B66 4BT What's changing near B66 4BT Within 2 km, around Bearwood & Warley Woods in Sandwell. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
78 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
202 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.3% like-for-like prices in Bearwood & Warley Woods, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.3%)
-13% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New school New school: George Dixon Primary Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027 New homes 14 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 11 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Jan 2025
Jan 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Jan 2025
Jan 2025 Planning permission Mar 2024 School closed School closed: Woodbourne Hospital School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Nov 2023 Planning permission Oct 2023 43 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
80 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in B66 4BT 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 10 storm overflows within 2 km
72 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
67 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Londonderry Lane Cso into Stoney Brook Via Sws 16 spills, 20 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Severn Trent Water Smethick - High St./Water Ln. Cso into Thimblemill Brook (Culvert) 5 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Anderson Road Cso into Chad Brook 20 spills, 14 hours in 2025
500 m away Severn Trent Water Cape Hill Combined Sewer Overflow into Hockley Brook 10 spills, 12 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Severn Trent Water Stanhope Road/Davison Road Jct Cso into Thimblemill Brook 9 spills, 8 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Moorpool Avenue Cso into Tributary Of Chad Brook 3 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Norman Road Combined Sewer Overflow into Tributary Of Thimblemill Brook 3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Severn Trent Water Tennal Lane Cso into Tributary Of Bourn Brook 1 spills, 1 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 95 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (199 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar First Steps Nursery, Waterloo Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Devonshire Infant & Junior Academies, Auckland Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Guru Nanak Gurdwara, High Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Ash And Lacy, Alma Street - Photovoltaic Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 240 kW
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar Lansing Linde Creighton Limited, Dartmouth Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Tat Bank Road, Western Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar West Bromwich Albion Football Club - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Holyhead Road - Roof Mounted Solar PV solar panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jul 2024 Rooftop solar Holyhead Road - Solar PV Panels Planning application in · 400 kW
May 2026 Battery storage York Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Lightwoods Road, Smethwick Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Sandon Road, Birmingham Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard St Marys Road, Smethwick Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Anderson Road, Smethwick Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Adkins Lane, Smethwick Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Carisbrooke Road, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Slatch House Road, Smethwick Remedial works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Green Walk, Birmingham Highway improvement works · BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
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 Oct 2013 Decided decided May 2020 Decided M54 to M6 Link Road Highways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022 Decided decided May 2020 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: Birmingham Curzon Street station Under construction
under construction Transport HS2: Interchange station (Solihull) Under construction, near the NEC and Birmingham Airport
under construction Running nearest: DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 4.4 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 6.2 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 6.4 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 7.6 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 8.3 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.