Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Stoke-on-Trent › Neighbourhood Meir South & Lightwood › Postcode ST3 7HA What's changing near ST3 7HA Within 2 km, around Meir South & Lightwood in Stoke-on-Trent. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
0 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
20 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.3% like-for-like prices in Meir South & Lightwood, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.4%)
+17% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first Planning permission Nov 2022 Planning permission Permission for 5 homes Hillside Cottage, 82 Meir Road, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7JB (full planning permission) Sept 2022 Planning permission Permission for 8 homes Land to the rear of One Stop Supermarket, Sandon Road, Stoke on Trent (outline planning permission) Oct 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 0 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 31 m²
12 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in ST3 7HA itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2015 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 35 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (38 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ormiston Meridian Academy, Sandon Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar VWS, Meir - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Unit 2, G-park, Whittle Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 840 kW
Aug 2022 Solar farm Leaford Solar Farm, Fulford Lane - Solar Farm Planning application in · 30 MW
Jun 2024 Battery storage Cromartie Hobbycraft, From Park Hall Road - Micro Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Mossfield Road - Solar PV Generation System Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Jan 2022 Rooftop solar New Buildings Farm, Sharpley Heath - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2025 Solar farm New Buildings Solar Farm, Sandon Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 40 MW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Barlaston - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built
Oct 2022 Solar farm Upper Newton Farm (Blythe House) - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
Feb 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Common Lane, Meir Heath Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Common Lane, Meir Heath Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 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 Meaford Energy Centre Generating Stations · Former Meaford Power Station site, east of Meaford Road, to the north of the town of Stone decided Jul 2016 Decided decided Mar 2014 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 None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Screwfix Direct (rooftop solar, 4.3 km); Land at Heywood Grange (solar farm, 5.2 km); Stoke-on-Trent EfW (energy from waste, 5.7 km); Lower Newton Farm (solar farm, 6.3 km); Meece Landfill (landfill gas, 9.8 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.