Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Cannock Chase › Neighbourhood Hawks Green › Postcode WS12 3YR What's changing near WS12 3YR Within 2 km, around Hawks Green in Cannock Chase. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
4 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
103 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.6% like-for-like prices in Hawks Green, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.4%)
-9% 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 School closed School closed: Chase Grammar School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Sept 2025 School closed School closed: Chase Grammar School International Study Centre Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Sept 2025 Planning permission Permission for 70 homes Land bound by Ringway, Church Street and Market Hall Street, Cannock Town Centre, WS11 1EB. (outline planning permission) Jul 2024 Planning permission Jun 2024 Planning permission Apr 2023 Planning permission Mar 2022 Planning permission Feb 2021 7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
12 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in WS12 3YR itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2025 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 12 storm overflows within 2 km
86 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
102 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Cannock Road Sewage Pumping Station into Newlands Brook 8 spills, 31 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Cannock Road - Cemetry Road Cso into Ridings Brook 39 spills, 25 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Cheviot Rise Cso into Ridings Brook 13 spills, 13 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Blackford Cso into Ridings Brook 20 spills, 8 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Cannock Road - Kingsway Cso into Tributary Of Ridings Brook 18 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Blackford Cso into Ridings Brook 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Heath Hayes - Cleeton St/Cannock Rd (Cso) into Newlands Brook 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Heath Hayes - Boston Close (Cso) into River Trent 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
900 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 19 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (36 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Finning Limited, Watling Street - Solar Farm Planning application in
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Steel Processing Midlands, Burntwood Business Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Mar 2024 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 Battery storage Upper Latherford Farm, Latherford Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Oct 2024 Battery storage Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 Solar farm Bognop Road, Essington - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 35 MW
Nov 2024 Battery storage Bognop Road, Essington - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in
Nov 2024 Battery storage Energyst Rental Solutions, Station Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Oaklands Farm, New Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 70 MW
Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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 Mar 2014 Decided decided Jun 2025 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.
Running nearest: Poplars Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 800 m); Rodbaston (wind farm, 7.9 km); Four Ashes EfW (energy from waste, 8.0 km); Highfields South Landfill Gas (landfill gas, 8.6 km); Barr Farm (solar farm, 8.7 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.