What's changing near DY2 8EY
Within 2 km, around Dixons Green in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
90new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
820homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.3%like-for-like prices in Dixons Green, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
+23%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedflats · Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
12 new homes completed6 flats, 6 houses · Nov 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024 – May 2026
May 2026
1.0 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.4 km away - Planning permissionJul 2025
1.7 km away - Planning permissionFeb 2025
1.0 km away - Planning permissionDec 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permission
11homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
25since energy certificates began (2008)
0in DY2 8EY 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
14hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
31spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
New Road Csointo Tributary Mousesweet Brook23 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1000 m away - Severn Trent Water
Mildred Road Csointo Mousesweet Brook4 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Severn Trent Water
New Road Pumping Stationinto Trib Of Mousesweet Brook3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
750 m away - Severn Trent Water
Netherton - Baptist End Road Csointo Tributary Of Mousesweet Brook1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
450 m away - Severn Trent Water
Gawne Lane Csointo Mousesweet Brook0 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
68 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (119 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Dudley College, The Broadway - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2025
2.0 km away - Battery storage
Edwin Richards Quarry, Portway Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Feb 2025
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jun 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Tenpin Dudley, Castlegate Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit 1, Woodside Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Feb 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Moor Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2025
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
NDC Polipak, Garratts Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jan 2023
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Ormiston Sandwell Community Academy, Lower City Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jan 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 9 MW
Jun 20252.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
9 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major
Buffery Road, DudleyHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
450 m away - Major, planned
Halesowen Road, NethertonUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major
Halesowen Road, NethertonUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major
Rayboulds Fold, NethertonUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Minor
Stirling Road, DudleyHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
250 m away - Minor
Recreation Street, NethertonHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
800 m away - Minor
Buffery Road, DudleyHighway improvement works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Minor
Buffery Road, DudleyHighway improvement works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Minor
View Drive, DudleyHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 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
- 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
17.2 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
17.8 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
21.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
25.4 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: Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 750 m); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 1.3 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 3.2 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 3.9 km); DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 4.7 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.