What's changing near DY8 5QY

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  8 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
  Oct 2025
  1.9 km away
• New school
  New school: Hawbush Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led, primary
  Jun 2024
  1.4 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 21 homesHampshire House, 434 High Street, Kingswinford (outline planning permission)
  Oct 2022
  1.6 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 6 homesLand adjacent to 22, High Street, Wordsley, DY8 5SF. (full planning permission)
  Sept 2022
  650 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 17 homesLand off Lower Valley Road, Wordsley (full planning permission)
  Aug 2022
  1.2 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 1 homeLand At Lawnswood Drive, Lawnswood, Stourbridge, DY7 5QW (full planning permission)
  May 2021
  1.8 km away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Ashdown Drive: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Newfield Drive: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Dowells Gardens: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Barnett Lane: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Surrey Drive: 1 home extended since 2021
• Barnett Street: 1 home extended since 2021
• Melbourne Close: 1 home extended since 2021
• Winford Avenue: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  33, Ashdown Drive78 m² → 114 m² (+36 m²)
  certificate 2026
• Extended
  27, Ashdown Drive80 m² → 113 m² (+33 m²)
  certificate 2025
• Extended
  29, Ashdown Drive80 m² → 122 m² (+42 m²)
  certificate 2023
• Extended
  20, Ashdown Drive60 m² → 98 m² (+38 m²)
  certificate 2018
• Extended
  28, Ashdown Drive80 m² → 107 m² (+27 m²)
  certificate 2015
• Extended
  21, Ashdown Drive

Storm overflows within 2 km

• Severn Trent Water
  High Street Storm Overflowinto River Stour17 spills, 28 hours in 2025
  1.9 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Hawbush Road Csointo Audnam Brook11 spills, 5 hours in 2025
  1.3 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Brierley Hill Road Csointo Tributary Of Wordsley Brook4 spills, 4 hours in 2025
  900 m away
• Severn Trent Water
  Delph Road Storm Overflowinto Pond Adjacent Troutbeck Drive8 spills, 2 hours in 2025
  1.9 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Windsor Grove Csointo Wordsley Brook3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
  1.0 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Kingsway Pumping Stationinto River Stour1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
  1.5 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Stourbridge - Marine Crescent (Cso)into Audnam Brook (Cwc)0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.2 km away
• Severn Trent Water
  Swanfield Road Csointo Audnam Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.3 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

42 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (59 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Rooftop solar
  David Lloyd Leisure, Pensnett Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
  Nov 2025
  2.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Wolverhampton Road - Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 200 kW
  May 2026
  2.9 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Merry Hill Shopping Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 9 MW
  Jun 2025
  3.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Merry Hill Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
  Aug 2023
  3.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Thorns Collegiate Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
  Mar 2024
  3.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Hinksford Substation, Hinksford Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Mar 2025
  3.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Unit 1, Woodside Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
  Feb 2024
  3.7 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Navigation Drive, Hurst Business Park - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
  Jun 2024
  3.8 km away
• Anaerobic digestion
  Roundhill - Food Waste Anaerobic Digestion PlantPlanning application in
  Apr 2021
  4.0 km away
• Battery storage
  Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  May 2025
  5.0 km away

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.

• Major
  The Portway, KingswinfordUtility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Road closure
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  850 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
  19.4 km away
• Decided
  Redditch Branch Enhancement SchemeRailways · Between Redditch and Alvechurch
  decided Oct 2013
  19.6 km away
• Decided
  West Midlands InterchangeRail Freight Interchanges · West Midlands
  decided May 2020
  22.5 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

• Transport
  HS2: Birmingham Curzon Street stationUnder construction
  under construction
  18.4 km away

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Wordsley & Buckpool: +30% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -0.6% in two years.
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