Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Wolverhampton › Neighbourhood Wood End › Postcode WV11 1DS What's changing near WV11 1DS Within 2 km, around Wood End in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
99 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.2% like-for-like prices in Wood End, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-4% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed 2 flats, 19 houses · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 10 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025
Sept 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 school Mar 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
27 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in WV11 1DS 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
5 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
10 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Waterhead Drive Cso into Tributary Of Waterhead Brook 10 spills, 5 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Severn Trent Water Wednesfield - Amos Ln-Bellamy Ln So into Waddens Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
2.0 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 62 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (154 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Assa Abloy The Meadows, Cannock Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
May 2023 Rooftop solar Sherwood Stainless Steel, Mammoth Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Aug 2023 Solar farm Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm Being built · 7 MW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Sherwood House, Showell Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 260 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar University Technical College, Cambridge Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Aug 2023 Battery storage Element Court, Hilton Cross Business Park - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Brindley Honda, West Street - Solar Pv System Planning application in · 190 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Rakegate Primary School - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Cat & Kittens Lane, Slade Heath - Solar Photovoltaics Panels Planning application in · 220 kW
Jun 2022 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 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: Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 2.6 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 3.9 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 3.9 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 4.5 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 6.2 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.