What's changing near WV13 2JR
Within 2 km, around Willenhall Town in Walsall. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
98new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
11homes 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
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026
950 m away - New homes
6 new homes completedflats · May 2026
May 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJul 2023
1.5 km away - New schoolJan 2021
950 m away
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.
9homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 28 m²
15since energy certificates began (2008)
3in WV13 2JR itself
- Extendedcertificate 2026
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2020
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
30hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
13spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Willenhall Csointo Darlaston Brook5 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Severn Trent Water
Keyway Darlaston Lane/Owen Road Csointo Darlston Brook3 spills, 4 hours in 2025
700 m away - Severn Trent Water
Bilston - Bunkers Hill Lane (Cso)into Unnamed Drain3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
900 m away - Severn Trent Water
Portobello - Willenhall Rd Csointo River Tame1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
Darlaston - Wolverhampton Street (Cso)into Bilston/Darlaston Brook1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
450 m away - Severn Trent Water
Portobello - Dilloways/Waite Rd Csointo River Tame0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1000 m away - Severn Trent Water
Willenhall - Walsall Rd-Acorn St Sointo River Tame0 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 PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2023
1.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Middleton Paper Company, Portobello Works - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Feb 2026
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Springvale Avenue - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Sharps Bedrooms, Springvale Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2022
2.7 km away - Energy from waste
WednesburyBeing built · 2 MW
Apr 2017
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Joseph Ash Galvanising, Springvale Avenue - Solar PV SystemApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2023
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
West Walsall E Act Academy, Primley Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2023
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Willenhall E Act School Academy, Furzebank Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023
3.2 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
8.6 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
13.0 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
25.6 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
27.5 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, 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, 3.9 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.