Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Dudley › Neighbourhood Pensett & Kingswinford East › Postcode DY5 4QU What's changing near DY5 4QU Within 2 km, around Pensett & Kingswinford East in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
142 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
75 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.1% like-for-like prices in Pensett & Kingswinford East, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
+6% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
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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 New homes 26 new homes completed 8 flats, 18 houses · Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed flats · Jan 2025
Jan 2025 Planning permission Permission for 12 homes The Woodside Liberal Club, 278, Stourbridge Road, Dudley, DY1 2EE (full planning permission) Jun 2024 Planning permission Apr 2024 Planning permission Mar 2023 Planning permission 4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 50 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in DY5 4QU 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
50 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
35 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Lower Gornal Stw into Bobs Brook & Holbeche Brook 10 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Brierly Hill - Bank Street (Cso) into Wc To Stourbridge Canal 15 spills, 17 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Brierley Hill Road Cso into Tributary Of Wordsley Brook 4 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Lower Gornal Stw into Bobs Brook & Holbeche Brook 6 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.9 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 62 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (117 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Pensnett Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 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 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 Rooftop solar Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Ellowes Hall Sports College, Stickley Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 440 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Thorns Collegiate Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2024 Battery storage Hinksford Substation, Hinksford Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Dudley College, The Broadway - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Belmont Road, Pensnett Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Tiled House Lane, Pensnett Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Two-way signals
Oct 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 Oct 2013 Decided decided May 2020 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: The Kingswinford School - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 1.9 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 2.0 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 3.6 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 5.1 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.4 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.