What's changing near B92 8LY
Within 2 km, around Elmdon Park in Solihull. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
86new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
118homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.9%like-for-like prices in Elmdon Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
-1%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
10 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
57 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.2 km away - Planning permissionFeb 2024
1.8 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permissionOct 2023
1.8 km away - New school
New school: Trident Alternative Provision LtdOther independent special school, other independent special school
Aug 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJun 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permissionMar 2023
1.6 km away
23homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
45since energy certificates began (2008)
1in B92 8LY 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
6storm overflows within 2 km
30hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
21spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Various Cso'S - Solihull/Oltoninto River Blythe (Trib)5 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - Severn Trent Water
Common Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Westley Brook8 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Severn Trent Water
Ulverley Green Road Pumping Stationinto River Cole1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wagon Lane Areainto Not Defined2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
New Coventry Road Csointo Westley Brook3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
A45 - Coventry Road Csointo Hatchford Brook2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.3 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
66 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (51 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Jaguar Land Rover, Lode Lane – Battery Storage UnitApproved, not yet built
Jul 2023
600 m away - Rooftop solar
Eagle 3, Hatchford Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 320 kW
Mar 2026
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Langley Academy, Kineton Green Road, Olton - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Aug 2025
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Solihull Hospital, Lode Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 350 kW
Apr 2026
2.8 km away - Solar farm
Castle Hills Solar Farm - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 50 MW
Jul 2025
2.9 km away - Solar farm
Castle Hills Solar Farm - BESSPlanning application in · 5 MW
Jul 2025
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Paragon House, Homer Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Jun 2026
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Birmingham Airport, Diamond House - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 960 kW
Aug 2023
3.5 km away - Solar farm
Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jan 2025
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
The Palletline Centre, Starley Way - Roof Mounted Solar PV arrayApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2025
3.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
7 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
- Major
Ulleries Road, SolihullHighway improvement works · SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Major, planned
Winchcombe Road, SolihullNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
350 m away - Major, planned
Ulleries Road, SolihullNew service connection · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away - Major, planned
Lode Lane, SolihullWorks for road purposes · Transport for West Midlands - Passenger Transport Executive · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
800 m away - Major
Lode Lane, SolihullWorks for road purposes · Transport for West Midlands - Passenger Transport Executive · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
800 m away - Major, planned
Summerfield Road, SolihullHighway improvement works · SOLIHULL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
850 m away - Minor
Hobs Moat Road Service Road From Junction With Ulleries Road To Number 167, SolihullHighway improvement works · Transport for West Midlands - Passenger Transport Executive · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
400 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 May 2020
4.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
16.3 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2026
23.8 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
- Transport
HS2: Interchange station (Solihull)Under construction, near the NEC and Birmingham Airport
under construction
4.4 km away - Transport
HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street stationUnder construction
under construction
8.4 km away
Running nearest: Tyseley ERF (energy from waste, 4.4 km); Birmingham Bio-Power Plant (energy from waste, 4.7 km); Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 6.8 km); Coleshill STW (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 9.7 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.