What's changing near WV13 2RA
Within 2 km, around Willenhall Town in Walsall. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
59new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
31homes 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
13 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedflats · May 2026
May 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.8 km away - New schoolApr 2025
1.7 km away - New schoolJun 2024
1.0 km away - Planning permissionJul 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJul 2023
1.9 km away - New schoolJan 2021
1.5 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 14 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
20since energy certificates began (2008)
5in WV13 2RA itself
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2021
- Extendedcertificate 2019
- Extendedcertificate 2013
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
10storm overflows within 2 km
123hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
43spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Darlaston Road Csointo River Tame11 spills, 37 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Severn Trent Water
North Willenhall - Bentley Rd Csointo River Tame7 spills, 26 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Severn Trent Water
Pleck - Wolverhampton Road Csointo Sneyd Brook12 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Severn Trent Water
Willenhall Csointo Darlaston Brook5 spills, 25 hours in 2025
400 m away - Severn Trent Water
Darlaston - Bentley Road South Csointo River Tame3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
850 m away - Severn Trent Water
Keyway Darlaston Lane/Owen Road Csointo Darlston Brook3 spills, 4 hours in 2025
900 m away - Severn Trent Water
Darlaston - Wolverhampton Street (Cso)into Bilston/Darlaston Brook1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Bentley Mill Way Csointo Sneyd Brook1 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
74 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (222 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
500 m away - Rooftop solar
Willenhall E Act School Academy, Furzebank Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
West Walsall E Act Academy, Primley Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Oct 2023
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Middleton Paper Company, Portobello Works - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Feb 2026
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Manor Hospital, Moat Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Mar 2026
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark, Bearing Drive - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2024
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
The Food Warehouse, Reedswood Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2025
2.8 km away - Energy from waste
WednesburyBeing built · 2 MW
Apr 2017
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Moorcroft Drive, Moorcroft Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2025
3.4 km away - Energy from waste
BH Energy Gap - Waste Energy Plant, The 3RsBeing built · 49 MW
Jan 2025
3.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major, planned
Albion Road, WillenhallHighway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major, planned
Elm Street, WillenhallHighway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major, planned
Elm Street, WillenhallUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Major, planned
Frederick William Street, WillenhallHighway repair and maintenance works · WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away
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
8.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
12.7 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
26.2 km away - Decideddecided May 2020
27.0 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, 1.4 km); Bloxwich Battery (battery storage, 2.0 km); Golds Hill - Battery Storage (battery storage, 4.6 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 4.9 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 6.1 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.