What's changing near DY6 9RP
Within 2 km, around Kingswinford South in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
11new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
32homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.0%like-for-like prices in Kingswinford South, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
+22%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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
12since energy certificates began (2008)
1in DY6 9RP 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
2storm overflows within 2 km
21hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
16spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Brook Street Csointo Holbeache Brook13 spills, 20 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Severn Trent Water
Cross Street Csointo Dawley Brook3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.0 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
38 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (19 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Hinksford Substation, Hinksford Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2025
1.8 km away - Battery storage
Wolverhampton Road - Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 200 kW
May 2026
1.9 km away - Battery storage
Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2025
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure, Pensnett Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2025
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
The Millworks, Wombourne - Solar PV EquipmentApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2024
3.8 km away - Anaerobic digestion
Roundhill - Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion PlantPlanning application in
Apr 2021
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Hall And Pickles, Wombourne - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jun 2025
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 9 MW
Jun 2025
4.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023
4.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit 1, Woodside Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Feb 2024
5.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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
18.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
21.3 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
21.7 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: The Kingswinford School - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 1.3 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.3 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 6.5 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 7.2 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.2 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.