Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Cannock Chase › Neighbourhood Wimblebury & Cannock Wood › Postcode WS12 0JN What's changing near WS12 0JN Within 2 km, around Wimblebury & Cannock Wood in Cannock Chase. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
38 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.3% like-for-like prices in Wimblebury & Cannock Wood, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.4%)
+20% 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 41 m²
11 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in WS12 0JN 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 9 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (11 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Steel Processing Midlands, Burntwood Business Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Mar 2024 Battery storage Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 100 MW
Oct 2025 Solar farm Finning Limited, Watling Street - Solar Farm Planning application in
Jul 2023 Battery storage Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 Solar farm Colton Mill Farm & Cawarden Springs Farm - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2021 Battery storage Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Pillaton Foods, Cannock Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Black Flatts Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2022 Battery storage Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Oct 2024 Running nearest: Poplars Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 3.9 km); Rodbaston (wind farm, 9.9 km); Highfields South Landfill Gas (landfill gas, 10.0 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.
Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 8 of them major.
Major, planned Juniper Close, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Juniper Close, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Hornbeam Crescent, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Jan 2027 Major Hornbeam Crescent, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Cypress Rise, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Jenkinstown Road, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Valley Road, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Alder Way, Cannock Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Longacres, Cannock Disconnection or alteration of supply · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY 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 Jun 2025 Decided decided Mar 2014 Decided Meaford Energy Centre Generating Stations · Former Meaford Power Station site, east of Meaford Road, to the north of the town of Stone decided Jul 2016 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.