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
4storm overflows within 2 km
10hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
36spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Manor Road Csointo Warstones Brook10 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Severn Trent Water
Bradmore Jeffcock/Rayleigh Rd Csointo Tributary Of Graiseley Brook15 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Severn Trent Water
Trysull Road Csointo Tributary Of Smestow Brook11 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Severn Trent Water
Osborne Road Csointo Tributary Of Warstones Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
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
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Wolverhampton Central: +33% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 80 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -2.5% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 16 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Joseph Ash Galvanising, Springvale Avenue - Solar PV SystemApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2023 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Springvale Avenue - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2023 4.0 km away
Running nearest: Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 2.3 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 4.4 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 5.6 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 6.2 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.9 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Immediate - urgent
Upper Villiers Street, WolverhamptonUtility repair and maintenance works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · No carriageway incursion
Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Minor
Stubbs Road, WolverhamptonUtility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Multi-way signals
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 900 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.