Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Walsall › Neighbourhood New Invention › Postcode WV12 5BQ What's changing near WV12 5BQ Within 2 km, around New Invention in Walsall. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
36 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
39 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.3% like-for-like prices in New Invention, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.7%)
-24% 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 18 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in WV12 5BQ 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
71 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
33 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Sneyd Lane Cso into Sneyd Brook 15 spills, 37 hours in 2025
800 m away Severn Trent Water Leamore Lane Cso into Tributary Of Sneyd Brook 18 spills, 34 hours in 2025
1.0 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 63 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (205 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Energy from waste BH Energy Gap - Waste Energy Plant, The 3Rs Being built · 49 MW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar AC Steels, Fryers Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 240 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Willenhall E Act School Academy, Furzebank Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023 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 The Food Warehouse, Reedswood Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Scanmetals Limited, Bilston Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2023 Battery storage Hobble Lane, Great Wyrley - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar West Walsall E Act Academy, Primley Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 16 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major Lichfield Road, Willenhall Utility asset works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Sneyd Lane, Bloxwich Utility asset works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Multi-way signals
May 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Woodside Way, Willenhall Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Abbey Square, Bloxwich Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Netley Road, Bloxwich Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Moore Road, Willenhall Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Chepstow Road, Bloxwich Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Chepstow Road, Bloxwich Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Service Road 255c To 269 Sneyd Lane, Bloxwich Highway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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 May 2020 Decided decided Jun 2025 Decided decided Oct 2013 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: Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 3.1 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 3.7 km); Highfields South Landfill Gas (landfill gas, 6.6 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 6.6 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 7.6 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.