Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Sandwell › Neighbourhood Wood Green & Old Park › Postcode WS10 9PZ What's changing near WS10 9PZ Within 2 km, around Wood Green & Old Park in Sandwell. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
104 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
141 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4% like-for-like prices in Wood Green & Old Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.3%)
+3% 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 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025
Jan 2025 Planning permission Dec 2024 Planning permission Sept 2024 Planning permission Permission for 34 homes Joynson Street (site of former Kings Hill JMI School and west of 15), Darlaston (full planning permission) Oct 2023 Planning permission 3 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in WS10 9PZ 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 14 storm overflows within 2 km
227 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
108 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Darlaston Road Cso into River Tame 11 spills, 37 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Severn Trent Water Devon Road into River Tame (Olbury Arm) 10 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Severn Trent Water North Willenhall - Bentley Rd Cso into River Tame 7 spills, 26 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Pleck - Wolverhampton Road Cso into Sneyd Brook 12 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Bescot Crescent Cso into Full Brook 11 spills, 25 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Severn Trent Water Walsall - Bescot Cres Barhale (Cso) into Ford Brook 11 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Severn Trent Water Bescot Road Combined Sewer Overflow into River Tame 3 spills, 23 hours in 2025
800 m away Severn Trent Water Poplar Road Cso into River Tame 8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
500 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 80 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (213 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Energy from waste Wednesbury Being built · 2 MW
Apr 2017 Rooftop solar High Point Academy, Friar Park Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar West Walsall E Act Academy, Primley Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Midland Quarry Products, Smith Road - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Manor Hospital, Moat Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Cliff Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Jerome Retail Park, Midland Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023 Rooftop solar Scanmetals Limited, Bilston Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2023 Battery storage Danks Way - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Barlow Road, Wednesbury Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Hough Road, Walsall Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Woden Road North, Wednesbury Utility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Hill Street, Darlaston Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Hill Street, Darlaston Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Hill Street, Darlaston Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
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 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 Running nearest: Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 2.8 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 2.9 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 3.7 km); Bustleholme Substation (battery storage, 4.1 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 5.3 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.