Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Shropshire › Neighbourhood Ellesmere › Postcode SY12 0QZ What's changing near SY12 0QZ Within 2 km, around Ellesmere in Shropshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
84 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
73 homes 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
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 47 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 27 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 Planning permission Permission for 8 homes Victoria Garage, Scotland Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0DG (full planning permission) Mar 2023 Planning permission Sept 2021 Planning permission Sept 2021 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.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in SY12 0QZ 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
286 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
82 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Ellesmere Wharf Meadow Stw into Tetchill Brook 38 spills, 227 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Severn Trent Water Ellesmere - Wharf Road Sps into Newnes Brook 31 spills, 48 hours in 2025
450 m away Severn Trent Water Beech Drive Ellesmere Cso into Newnes Brook 13 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.1 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 Array Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023 Solar farm Plas Yolyn - Solar Park Approved, not yet built
May 2024 Solar farm Kenwick Lodge, Cockshutt - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Oct 2022 Battery storage Rednal Airfield, West Felton - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 300 MW
Apr 2026 Solar farm Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Jun 2024 Solar farm Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar Panels Planning application in · 430 kW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Gobowen - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Robert Jones And Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jul 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Market Street, Ellesmere Utility repair and maintenance works · WALES AND WEST UTILITIES LTD · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Market Street, Ellesmere Utility repair and maintenance works · WALES AND WEST UTILITIES LTD · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 decided Mar 2020 Decided decided Jul 2017 Pre-application Green Gen Vyrnwy Frankton Electric Lines · From a substation approx 5km SW of Llanerfyl in Powys to a connection point near Lower Frankton. application due February 2027 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, 4.4 km); ABP Ellesmere Abbatoir (biomass, 6.2 km); Knolton Farmhouse Cheese Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.0 km); Abbots moor Farm Anaerobic Digester (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.3 km); Ebnal Lodge (solar farm, 8.4 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.