What's changing near WV10 6RU
Within 2 km, around Fordhouses in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
130new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2%like-for-like prices in Fordhouses, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-7%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
800 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
800 m away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
800 m away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
800 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
19 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.2 km away - New schoolJun 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
8 new homes completed
14homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
22since energy certificates began (2008)
3in WV10 6RU itself
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2022
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
2storm overflows within 2 km
14hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
2spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Barnhurst Sewage Treatment Worksinto Various - See Outlets2 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
Pendeford - Leybourne Cres Ps (Cso)into River Penk0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km 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
53 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (133 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Rakegate Primary School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025
450 m away - Rooftop solar
Ormiston New Academy, Marsh Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Feb 2026
500 m away - Rooftop solar
Valiant Way, Pendeford - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
Mar 2023
1.2 km away - Battery storage
Innovation Drive, Bilbrook - Micro Energy Storage ProjectApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Valiant Way, PendefordApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2021
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
i54 Project Trent - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Oct 2023
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Sherwood House, Showell Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 260 kW
Sept 2025
1.9 km away - Solar farm
Balliol Business Park, Balliol Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Mar 2024
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Sherwood Stainless Steel, Mammoth Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Aug 2023
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Brindley Honda, West Street - Solar Pv SystemPlanning application in · 190 kW
Jun 2024
2.6 km away
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 RoadHighways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022
4.9 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
7.0 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2014
27.8 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: Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 1.4 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 2.2 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 2.8 km); Barr Farm (solar farm, 5.3 km); Four Ashes EfW (energy from waste, 5.9 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.