Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Solihull › Neighbourhood Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall › Postcode CV5 9QJ What's changing near CV5 9QJ Within 2 km, around Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall in Solihull. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
225 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
2 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.8% like-for-like prices in Meriden, Hampton-in-Arden & Temple Balsall, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
-6% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 32 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 31 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed 2 flats, 14 houses · Jun 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2026
May 2026 New homes 29 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in CV5 9QJ itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2017 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 49 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (18 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Hill House Farm, Coventry Road - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 20 MW
Apr 2025 Battery storage Benton Green Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 70 MW
Jun 2025 Battery storage Tanners Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Automotive Trim Developments, Priory Mill - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 420 kW
Jun 2024 Battery storage Torrington Avenue Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Park House Farm, Meriden Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 48 MW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 57 MW
Jan 2025 Battery storage Beechwood Farm, Hodgetts Lane - Battery Storage Planning application in · 57 MW
Jul 2024 Battery storage Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility Planning application in · 50 MW
Jul 2023 Battery storage Hodgetts Lane, Berkswell - Electricity Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jan 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Pickford Grange Lane, Coventry Highway improvement works · COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Pickford Green Lane, Coventry Highway improvement works · COVENTRY CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Minor Pickford Green Lane, Coventry Utility asset works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) · Give and take
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 May 2020 Decided decided Feb 2026 Decided decided Mar 2025 Decided decided Oct 2013 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 Transport HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street station Under construction
under construction Running nearest: Packington Generation Plant Phase 3 (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Land South of Pogmore Spinney (solar farm, 7.5 km); Coventry (energy from waste, 8.8 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.