Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Wolverhampton › Neighbourhood Ashmore Park › Postcode WV11 3AR What's changing near WV11 3AR Within 2 km, around Ashmore Park in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
18 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2% like-for-like prices in Ashmore Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-6% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homes School opened Extended home Storm overflow Energy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
18 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in WV11 3AR itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2020 Extended certificate 2015 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
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Wednesfield - Amos Ln-Bellamy Ln So into Waddens Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m away Severn Trent Water Merrills Hall Lane Cso into Waddens & Bentley Fl R Culvert 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.9 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 61 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (155 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024 1.9 km away Solar farm Bognop Road, Essington - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 35 MW
Nov 2024 2.4 km away Battery storage Bognop Road, Essington - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in
Nov 2024 2.4 km away Solar farm Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm Being built · 7 MW
Apr 2022 2.6 km away Rooftop solar Assa Abloy The Meadows, Cannock Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
May 2023 2.7 km away Rooftop solar Middleton Paper Company, Portobello Works - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Feb 2026 3.0 km away Battery storage Element Court, Hilton Cross Business Park - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 3.3 km away Rooftop solar Willenhall E Act School Academy, Furzebank Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023 3.4 km away Rooftop solar Sherwood Stainless Steel, Mammoth Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Aug 2023 3.5 km away Rooftop solar Sherwood House, Showell Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 260 kW
Sept 2025 3.7 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 Road Highways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022 4.5 km away Decided decided May 2020 8.8 km away Decided decided Oct 2013 29.8 km away Decided decided Mar 2014 29.8 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 Running nearest: EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 3.1 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 3.9 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 4.8 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 5.2 km); Land East of Lawn Lane (solar farm, 5.7 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.