Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Dudley › Neighbourhood Lower Gornal & The Straits › Postcode DY3 2PA What's changing near DY3 2PA Within 2 km, around Lower Gornal & The Straits in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
93 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
38 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.5% like-for-like prices in Lower Gornal & The Straits, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 50 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed 4 flats, 12 houses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed 6 flats, 8 houses · Oct 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 School closed School closed: The King Alfred School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025 Planning permission May 2025 Planning permission Apr 2024 Planning permission Mar 2023 Planning permission 12 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
28 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in DY3 2PA 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 4 storm overflows within 2 km
119 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
68 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Brick Kiln Lane Cso into Tributary Of Smestow Brook 52 spills, 89 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Lower Gornal Stw into Bobs Brook & Holbeche Brook 10 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Severn Trent Water Lower Gornal Stw into Bobs Brook & Holbeche Brook 6 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Severn Trent Water Hopyard Lane/Straights Rd Jct Cso into Tributary Of Smestow Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m 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 71 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (127 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ellowes Hall Sports College, Stickley Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 440 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Dudley College, The Broadway - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Unit 1, Woodside Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Wolverhampton Road - Energy Storage System Planning application in · 200 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Pensnett Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 2025 Battery storage Sedgley Road West - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Tenpin Dudley, Castlegate Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Merry Hill Centre - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 9 MW
Jun 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned Redhall Road, Lower Gornal Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Zoar Street, Lower Gornal Highway improvement works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Zoar Street, Lower Gornal Highway improvement works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Church Street, Lower Gornal Highway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Zoar Street, Lower Gornal Disconnection or alteration of supply · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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 Decided decided Oct 2013 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 Running nearest: Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 1.5 km); The Kingswinford School - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 3.3 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 3.5 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 4.6 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.5 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.