Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Walsall › Neighbourhood Willenhall Town › Postcode WV13 2JN What's changing near WV13 2JN Within 2 km, around Willenhall Town in Walsall. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
98 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
11 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.3% like-for-like prices in Willenhall Town, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.7%)
+5% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · May 2026
May 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025 Planning permission Jul 2023 New school Jan 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
10 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 28 m²
16 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in WV13 2JN itself
Extended certificate 2014 Extended certificate 2011 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 7 storm overflows within 2 km
30 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
13 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Willenhall Cso into Darlaston Brook 5 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Severn Trent Water Keyway Darlaston Lane/Owen Road Cso into Darlston Brook 3 spills, 4 hours in 2025
700 m away Severn Trent Water Bilston - Bunkers Hill Lane (Cso) into Unnamed Drain 3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
850 m away Severn Trent Water Portobello - Willenhall Rd Cso into River Tame 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Severn Trent Water Darlaston - Wolverhampton Street (Cso) into Bilston/Darlaston Brook 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
500 m away Severn Trent Water Portobello - Dilloways/Waite Rd Cso into River Tame 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Willenhall - Walsall Rd-Acorn St So into River Tame 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 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 77 planned, approved or being built and 14 running (228 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Scanmetals Limited, Bilston Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Middleton Paper Company, Portobello Works - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Springvale Avenue - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Sharps Bedrooms, Springvale Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2022 Rooftop solar Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025 Energy from waste Wednesbury Being built · 2 MW
Apr 2017 Rooftop solar Joseph Ash Galvanising, Springvale Avenue - Solar PV System Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar West Walsall E Act Academy, Primley Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2023 Solar farm Bowmans Harbour Solar Farm Being built · 7 MW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar 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 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 Oct 2013 Decided decided May 2020 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, 1.1 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 3.5 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 3.5 km); Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 4.0 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 5.3 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.