Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Shropshire › Neighbourhood Shrewsbury Copthorne & Bowbrook › Postcode SY3 5EQ What's changing near SY3 5EQ Within 2 km, around Shrewsbury Copthorne & Bowbrook in Shropshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
256 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
80 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.8% like-for-like prices in Shrewsbury Copthorne & Bowbrook, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 46 new homes completed 2 flats, 44 houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 6 flats, 20 houses · Feb 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed 2 flats, 12 houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 13 new homes completed 2 flats, 11 houses · May 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 New school Feb 2025 Planning permission Permission for 76 homes Land At William Farr House, Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8XL (full planning permission) Feb 2024 Planning permission Permission for 4 homes Bicton Heath House, Knowsley Drive, Bicton Heath, Shrewsbury, SY3 5DH (full planning permission) Feb 2024 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
1 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
5 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in SY3 5EQ 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
207 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
47 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water The Oval Sewage Pumping Station into Tributary Of River Severn 22 spills, 160 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Severn Trent Water Thornhill Road Cso into River Severn · near bathing water: River Severn in Shrewsbury 25 spills, 47 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Calcott Sewage Pumping Station into Tributary Of River Severn 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
600 m 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 11 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (57 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Severn Hospice - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 750 kW
Mar 2025 Solar farm Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Mytton Oak Road - Solar Canopy Approved, not yet built
Aug 2025 Battery storage Brassey Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Caterpillar Factory, Lancaster Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Benbow Business Park - Roof Monted Solar PV System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Shrewsbury College - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 650 kW
Feb 2026 Battery storage Bridge Farm, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Apr 2023 Battery storage Battery Shrewsbury Substation, Uffington - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 100 MW
Feb 2025 Solar farm Harmer Hill, Webscott - Solar Array Planning application in · 1 MW
Apr 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 8 of them major.
Major, planned Calcott Lane, Shrewsbury Diversionary works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Jan 2027 Major Calcott Lane, Shrewsbury Diversionary works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Calcott Lane, Shrewsbury Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Calcott Lane, Shrewsbury Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned A458 From J A5 Roundabout To J B4473 W, Shrewsbury And Atcham Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major A458 From J A5 Roundabout To J B4473 W, Shrewsbury And Atcham Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned The Paddocks, Shrewsbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major The Paddocks, Shrewsbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 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 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: Battlefield EfW (energy from waste, 6.2 km); Sundorne Grove (solar farm, 7.1 km); Betton Abbots (landfill gas, 8.1 km); Condover (Green Farm) (solar farm, 8.7 km); Hayford Farm - extension (solar farm, 9.5 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.