Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Lichfield › Neighbourhood Burntwood West › Postcode WS7 1AW What's changing near WS7 1AW Within 2 km, around Burntwood West in Lichfield. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
84 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
60 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+9.4% like-for-like prices in Burntwood West, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.5%)
-2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 54 new homes completed 8 flats, 46 houses · Jul 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 Planning permission Nov 2023 Planning permission Nov 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
12 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 17 m²
21 since energy certificates began (2008)
4 in WS7 1AW itself
Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2013 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 12 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (7 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 Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2025 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 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Clubs, Birmingham Road - Solar Panels Planning application in
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar The Food Warehouse by Iceland - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Feb 2026 Solar farm Colton Mill Farm & Cawarden Springs Farm - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2021 Rooftop solar Middlemore Lane West, Aldridge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Mar 2022 Rooftop solar Erdington Road, Aldridge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
May 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Slade Avenue, Chase Terrace New service connection · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Milestone Way, Burntwood Highway improvement works · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Sycamore Road, Burntwood Highway improvement works · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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, 5.0 km); Highfields South Landfill Gas (landfill gas, 6.7 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.