What's changing near WV1 2BA
Within 2 km, around East Park in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
174new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.0%like-for-like prices in East Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-9%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
30 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026
Jul 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026
2.0 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · May 2025
May 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
26 new homes completed24 flats, 2 houses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
2.0 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.9 km away - New school
6homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
12since energy certificates began (2008)
0in WV1 2BA 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
7storm overflows within 2 km
11hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
15spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Old Watery Lane Csointo Waddens Brook5 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wolverhampton - Pond Ln-Kent Rd Csointo River Tame (Wolverhampton Arm)3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
Stow Heath (Bilston College) Csointo River Tame Tunnel (Wolv' Arm)3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Severn Trent Water
Portobello - Willenhall Rd Csointo River Tame1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wolverhampton - Bilston Road 2 Csointo Trib Of River Tame Tunnel3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wolverhampton - Bilston Road 2 Csointo Trib Of River Tame Tunnel0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wednesfield Road Csointo Smestow Brook0 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
72 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (199 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Bowmans Harbour Solar FarmBeing built · 7 MW
Apr 2022
450 m away - Rooftop solar
Cat & Kittens Lane, Slade Heath - Solar Photovoltaics PanelsPlanning application in · 220 kW
Jun 2022
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Assa Abloy The Meadows, Cannock Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
May 2023
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
University Technical College, Cambridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2023
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Middleton Paper Company, Portobello Works - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Feb 2026
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Mander Square, Mander Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
May 2023
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Homebase, St Johns Retail Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2025
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Sherwood Stainless Steel, Mammoth Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Aug 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Brindley Honda, West Street - Solar Pv SystemPlanning application in · 190 kW
Jun 2024
2.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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 RoadHighways · The scheme is located between M54 Junction 1 and M6 Junction 11 adjacent to the town of Featherstone decided Apr 2022
7.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
10.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
27.7 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: Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 2.3 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 2.5 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 4.0 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 5.7 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 6.0 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.