Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Sandwell › Neighbourhood Woods & Mesty Croft › Postcode WS10 0QE What's changing near WS10 0QE Within 2 km, around Woods & Mesty Croft in Sandwell. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
90 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
345 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.8% like-for-like prices in Woods & Mesty Croft, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.3%)
+0% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 25 new homes completed 2 flats, 23 houses · Nov 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed 4 flats, 18 houses · Dec 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 Planning permission Jun 2025 Planning permission Dec 2024 Planning permission Sept 2024 Planning permission Oct 2023 17 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 28 m²
33 since energy certificates began (2008)
14 in WS10 0QE itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2020 Extended certificate 2019 Extended
Storm overflows within 2 km 9 storm overflows within 2 km
128 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
64 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Devon Road into River Tame (Olbury Arm) 10 spills, 28 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Bescot Crescent Cso into Full Brook 11 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Severn Trent Water Walsall - Bescot Cres Barhale (Cso) into Ford Brook 11 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Severn Trent Water Bescot Road Combined Sewer Overflow into River Tame 3 spills, 23 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Severn Trent Water Poplar Road Cso into River Tame 8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Severn Trent Water Bescot Cres/Brockhurst Crescent Cso into Full Brook 7 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Severn Trent Water Myvod Road Cso into River Tame 10 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Severn Trent Water Lord Street/Queen Mary Street Cso into Full Brook 4 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 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 83 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (213 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar High Point Academy, Friar Park Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
Jan 2025 Energy from waste Wednesbury Being built · 2 MW
Apr 2017 Battery storage Charlemont Open Space, Charlemont Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Cliff Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jan 2024 Battery storage Ridgacre Enterprise Park, Ridgacre Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2025 Battery storage Danks Way - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Huf Uk, New Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 370 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Spartan Industrial Centre, Brickhouse Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 420 kW
Feb 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major, planned Booth Road, Wednesbury Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Booth Road, Wednesbury Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Bishop Road, Wednesbury Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Cedar Road, Wednesbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Chestnut Road, Wednesbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Standard Friar Park Road, Wednesbury Highway improvement works · SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Mar 2027 to Apr 2027 Standard Friar Park Road, Wednesbury Highway improvement works · SANDWELL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 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 Road Highways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022 Decided decided May 2020 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided May 2020 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 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.
Running nearest: Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 2.4 km); Bustleholme Substation (battery storage, 3.2 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 4.0 km); Oldbury (energy from waste, 4.5 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 5.0 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.