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
8storm overflows within 2 km
19hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
25spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Barnhurst Sewage Treatment Worksinto Various - See Outlets2 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Severn Trent Water
Wolverhampton - Leicester St/Gloucester St (Cso)into Smestow Brook7 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Severn Trent Water
South West Interceptor Csointo Smestow Brook2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Severn Trent Water
Chapel Ash/Lovatt Street Jcn Csointo Tributary Of Smestow Brook9 spills, 1 hours in 2025
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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Fordhouses: +38% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.6% in two years.
New school: Bushbury SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school
Oct 2024 1.7 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Assa Abloy The Meadows, Cannock Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
May 2023 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
University Technical College, Cambridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2023 3.1 km away
Running nearest: Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 1.7 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 2.5 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 2.5 km); Barr Farm (solar farm, 5.7 km); Four Ashes EfW (energy from waste, 6.4 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.