What's changing near WS7 1JT
Within 2 km, around Burntwood West in Lichfield. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
82new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
60homes 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
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
54 new homes completed8 flats, 46 houses · Jul 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.6 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.3 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.6 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
15since energy certificates began (2008)
0in WS7 1JT 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
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
14 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 PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Mar 2024
900 m away - Battery storage
Lions Den, Hammerwich - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025
3.8 km away - Battery storage
Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2025
6.0 km away - Solar farm
Finning Limited, Watling Street - Solar FarmPlanning application in
Jul 2023
6.5 km away - Battery storage
Hawkesyard Estate, Rugeley Road - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 100 MW
Oct 2025
7.4 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Clubs, Birmingham Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Jul 2025
8.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Middlemore Lane West, Aldridge - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Mar 2022
9.0 km away - Rooftop solar
The Food Warehouse by Iceland - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Feb 2026
9.1 km away - Solar farm
Colton Mill Farm & Cawarden Springs Farm - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2021
9.1 km away - Energy from waste
BH Energy Gap - Waste Energy Plant, The 3RsBeing built · 49 MW
Jan 2025
9.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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 RoadHighways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022
9.6 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
11.9 km away - Decideddecided Jun 2025
20.6 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2014
26.5 km away
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, 4.3 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.