What's changing near SY12 0EX
Within 2 km, around Ellesmere in Shropshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
84new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
73homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.5%like-for-like prices in Ellesmere, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
+2%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 homes
47 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
27 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
400 m away - Planning permission
Permission for 8 homesVictoria Garage, Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0DG (full planning permission) Mar 2023
300 m away - Planning permissionSept 2021
550 m away - Planning permissionSept 2021
550 m 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.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
15since energy certificates began (2008)
2in SY12 0EX itself
- Extendedcertificate 2021
- Extendedcertificate 2008
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
3storm overflows within 2 km
286hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
82spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Ellesmere Wharf Meadow Stwinto Tetchill Brook38 spills, 227 hours in 2025
900 m away - Severn Trent Water
Ellesmere - Wharf Road Spsinto Newnes Brook31 spills, 48 hours in 2025
250 m away - Severn Trent Water
Beech Drive Ellesmere Csointo Newnes Brook13 spills, 11 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
10 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (15 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Winston Farm, Ellesmere Road - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023
3.1 km away - Solar farm
Plas Yolyn - Solar ParkApproved, not yet built
May 2024
6.1 km away - Solar farm
Kenwick Lodge, Cockshutt - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Oct 2022
6.8 km away - Battery storage
Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 300 MW
Apr 2026
8.4 km away - Solar farm
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Jun 2024
9.8 km away - Solar farm
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 430 kW
Apr 2024
9.8 km away - Solar farm
Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Aug 2025
9.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2025
9.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2024
9.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 20259.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
- Major, planned
Market Street, EllesmereUtility repair and maintenance works · WALES AND WEST UTILITIES LTD · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
150 m away - Major
Market Street, EllesmereUtility repair and maintenance works · WALES AND WEST UTILITIES LTD · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
150 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 Mar 2020
6.9 km away - Decideddecided Jul 2017
15.5 km away - Pre-application
Green Gen Vyrnwy FranktonElectric Lines · From a substation approx 5km SW of Llanerfyl in Powys to a connection point near Lower Frankton. application due February 2027
27.3 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
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Trench Farm (solar farm, 4.5 km); ABP Ellesmere Abbatoir (biomass, 6.0 km); Knolton Farmhouse Cheese Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.1 km); Abbots moor Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.1 km); Ebnal Lodge (solar farm, 8.3 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.