What's changing near DY8 3EA
Within 2 km, around Norton South in Dudley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
8new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
77homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.7%like-for-like prices in Norton South, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
-12%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- Planning permissionAug 2025
2.0 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 5 homesHANBURY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, CHAPEL STREET, STOURBRIDGE, DY8 1BE (full planning permission) Apr 2025
1.8 km away - Planning permissionSept 2022
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJul 2022
2.0 km away
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.
21homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 36 m²
37since energy certificates began (2008)
1in DY8 3EA 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
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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
28 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (17 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Anaerobic digestion
Roundhill - Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion PlantPlanning application in
Apr 2021
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Roundhill Anaerobic Digestion Facility, Lloyd Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Thorns Collegiate Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2024
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure, Pensnett Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2025
5.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 9 MW
Jun 2025
5.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Merry Hill Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023
5.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jun 2024
6.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit 1, Woodside Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Feb 2024
6.8 km away - Battery storage
Hinksford Substation, Hinksford Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2025
7.2 km away - Battery storage
Wolverhampton Road - Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 200 kW
May 2026
7.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major
Sandy Road, NortonUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026
500 m away - Minor
Heath Farm Road, NortonHighway repair and maintenance works · DUDLEY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · 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
- Decideddecided Oct 2013
17.0 km away - 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
23.8 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
27.0 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, 6.2 km); Cradley Heath (energy from waste, 6.5 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 8.1 km); Dudley EfW (energy from waste, 8.4 km); Edwin Richards Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.9 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.