What's changing near B69 1TG
Within 2 km, around Tividale in Sandwell. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
21new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
699homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+15.7%like-for-like prices in Tividale, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.3%)
-2%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- School closed
School closed: Dudley Port SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jul 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024 – May 2026
May 2026
1.4 km away - Planning permissionJul 2025
1.8 km away - Planning permissionDec 2023
1.8 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.2 km away - Planning permissionNov 2022
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJul 2022
1.5 km away - Planning permission
13homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
27since energy certificates began (2008)
0in B69 1TG 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
12hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
7spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Dudley Port - Horseley Heath (Cso)into Groveland Brook2 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Severn Trent Water
Birmingham New Road Csointo Tributary Of Birmingham Canal5 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
75 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (210 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy, Lower City Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jan 2026
1.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Tenpin Dudley, Castlegate Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Dudley College, The Broadway - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2025
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Emr Oldbury, Union Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 990 kW
Jun 2024
2.1 km away - Battery storage
Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Oldbury Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 720 kW
Dec 2022
2.3 km away - Battery storage
Wolverhampton Road - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025
2.5 km away - Battery storage
Sedgley Road West - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026
2.8 km away - Battery storage
Bull Lane - Micro Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Broadwell Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2022
3.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- 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
15.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
18.5 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
20.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
24.4 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: Oldbury (energy from waste, 2.0 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 2.2 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 2.3 km); DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 3.1 km); Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 3.9 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.