Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Wolverhampton › Neighbourhood Merryhill South › Postcode WV3 8DZ What's changing near WV3 8DZ Within 2 km, around Merryhill South in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
33 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+15.0% like-for-like prices in Merryhill South, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-3% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New school New school: Aurora Cedars School Other independent special school, other independent special school
Jun 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 37 m²
24 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in WV3 8DZ itself
Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2016 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 17 storm overflows within 2 km
150 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
126 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Castlecroft Ln Sps Cso into Smestow Brook 6 spills, 40 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Severn Trent Water Wood Road/School Road Cso into River Penk/Wergs Brook 31 spills, 33 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Severn Trent Water Bridgnorth Road Cso into Smestow Brook 5 spills, 31 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Severn Trent Water Compton - Opp 14 Bridgnorth Rd (Cso) into Smestow Brook 12 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Severn Trent Water Compton Park Cso into Graiseley Brook 10 spills, 13 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Severn Trent Water Manor Road Cso into Warstones Brook 10 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Warstones Rd/Warstones Crescent Cso into Warstones Brook 19 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.0 km away Severn Trent Water Bradmore Jeffcock/Rayleigh Rd Cso into Tributary Of Graiseley Brook 15 spills, 2 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 50 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (68 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Aug 2022 Battery storage Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Penstone Lane, Penn 1 - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2022 Battery storage Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2022 Battery storage Canalside - Battery Storage System Approved, not yet built · 60 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Ebstree Road, Trysull - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2024 Battery storage Ebstree Road, Trysull, Seisdon - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Homebase, St Johns Retail Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Mander Square, Mander Centre - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Brindley Honda, West Street - Solar Pv System Planning application in · 190 kW
Jun 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Finchfield Road West, Wolverhampton Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Trysull Road, Wolverhampton Remedial works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 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 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.
Running nearest: Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 4.5 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 6.7 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Jaguar Land Rover (rooftop solar, 7.0 km); Pepperhill Solar Farm - Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 7.6 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.