Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council South Staffordshire › Neighbourhood Featherstone East & Essington › Postcode WV10 8QP What's changing near WV10 8QP Within 2 km, around Featherstone East & Essington in South Staffordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
93 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.1% like-for-like prices in Featherstone East & Essington, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.8%)
+8% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 19 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New school New school: Bushbury School Other independent special school, other independent special school
Oct 2024 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 14 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 61 m²
6 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in WV10 8QP 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
5 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
10 spill events counted
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 51 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (101 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Element Court, Hilton Cross Business Park - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Battery storage Energyst Rental Solutions, Station Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
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 Rooftop solar Assa Abloy The Meadows, Cannock Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
May 2023 Rooftop solar Rakegate Primary School - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Sherwood House, Showell Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 260 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Sherwood Stainless Steel, Mammoth Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Ormiston New Academy, Marsh Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Valiant Way, Pendeford Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2021 Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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 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: Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 3.4 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 3.8 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 3.8 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 5.0 km); Barr Farm (solar farm, 5.4 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.