What's changing near DY4 7PW
Within 2 km, around Great Bridge & Dudley Port in Sandwell. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
56new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
130homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.7%like-for-like prices in Great Bridge & Dudley Port, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.3%)
+4%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
450 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
2.0 km away - New homes
17 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.9 km away - New school
New school: Blackwater Academy SandwellOther independent school, other independent school
Dec 2025
300 m away - New homes
18 new homes completed8 flats, 10 houses · Mar 2025
Apr 2025
1.1 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.7 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 55 homesLand And Buildings 6 To 25 And 70 To 75 and 7o to 75 Corner of Union Street and Albion Street, Tipton (full planning permission) Oct 2024
1.2 km away - New schoolOct 2024
1.8 km away - Planning permissionMay 2023
2.0 km away - Planning permission
21homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
41since energy certificates began (2008)
2in DY4 7PW itself
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2023
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
14storm overflows within 2 km
123hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
69spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Tipton Cemetery Csointo Tipton Brook24 spills, 55 hours in 2025
700 m away - Severn Trent Water
Tipton - Toll End (Sso)into River Tame3 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
Dudley Port - Horseley Heath (Cso)into Groveland Brook2 spills, 11 hours in 2025
350 m away - Severn Trent Water
West Bromwich - Lambert End Csointo Tributary Of Walsall Canal15 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Severn Trent Water
Tipton - Denbigh Road (Cso)into River Tame2 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Severn Trent Water
Dudley - St James'S Rd Csointo Dudley Canal2 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Severn Trent Water
Toll End - Solly Grove (So)into River Tame2 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
Brickhouse Lane/Great Bridge Csointo River Tame3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.1 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
83 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (218 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Upper Church Lane - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Huf Uk, New Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 370 kW
Jan 2024
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Tansun Limited, Spectrum House - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2022
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Spartan Industrial Centre, Brickhouse Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 420 kW
Feb 2025
1.6 km away - Battery storage
Danks Way - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built
Dec 2022
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Cliff Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jan 2024
1.9 km away - Battery storage
Sedgley Road West - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Emr Oldbury, Union Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 990 kW
Jun 2024
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Oldbury Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 720 kW
Dec 2022
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Tenpin Dudley, Castlegate Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major, planned
Victoria Road, TiptonWorks for road purposes · Transport for West Midlands - Passenger Transport Executive · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Standard
Lewis Street, TiptonDiversionary works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 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
13.8 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
18.1 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
20.5 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
24.7 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: Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 1.8 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 1.9 km); DPD Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 3.6 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 3.9 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 4.1 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.