Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Wolverhampton › Neighbourhood Merryhill South › Postcode WV4 4SY What's changing near WV4 4SY Within 2 km, around Merryhill South in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
28 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
32 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in WV4 4SY itself
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 5 storm overflows within 2 km
15 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
40 spill events counted
Severn Trent Water Manor Road Cso into Warstones Brook 10 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Severn Trent Water Warstones Rd/Warstones Crescent Cso into Warstones Brook 19 spills, 7 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Trysull Road Cso into Tributary Of Smestow Brook 11 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Severn Trent Water Penn Combined Sewer Overflow into Warstones Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away Severn Trent Water Osborne Road Cso into Tributary Of Warstones Brook 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 53 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (117 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 Canalside - Battery Storage System Approved, not yet built · 60 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Penstone Lane, Lower Penn 2 - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2022 Battery storage Penstone Lane, Penn 1 - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2022 Battery storage Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 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 Battery storage Wombourne Road, Wombourne - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned.
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: Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.0 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 5.3 km); Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 5.5 km); The Kingswinford School - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 6.6 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 8.2 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.