Country England and Wales › Region West Midlands › Council Wolverhampton › Neighbourhood Upper Penn › Postcode WV4 5PP What's changing near WV4 5PP Within 2 km, around Upper Penn in Wolverhampton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
40 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+9.3% like-for-like prices in Upper Penn, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-2% 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 school Dec 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 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.
15 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 38 m²
31 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in WV4 5PP 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 6 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
850 m away Severn Trent Water Warstones Rd/Warstones Crescent Cso into Warstones Brook 19 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Trysull Road Cso into Tributary Of Smestow Brook 11 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Severn Trent Water Osborne Road Cso into Tributary Of Warstones Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
650 m away Severn Trent Water Northway Combined Sewer Overflow into Penn Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Severn Trent Water Penn Combined Sewer Overflow into Warstones Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.8 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 59 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (135 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Homebase, St Johns Retail Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2025 Battery storage South Staffordshire Railway Walk, Castlecroft - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Aug 2022 Rooftop solar Mander Square, Mander Centre - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
May 2023 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 Rooftop solar Joseph Ash Galvanising, Springvale Avenue - Solar PV System Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Ellowes Hall Sports College, Stickley Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 440 kW
Feb 2026 Battery storage Pool Hall Farm, Lower Penn - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Cat & Kittens Lane, Slade Heath - Solar Photovoltaics Panels Planning application in · 220 kW
Jun 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Virginia Drive, Wolverhampton Utility asset works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Amanda Avenue, Wolverhampton Utility asset works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (West Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Mount Road, Wolverhampton New service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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 Running nearest: Anchor Lane Energy Centre (battery storage, 4.3 km); Wolverhampton EfW (energy from waste, 4.5 km); Himley Wood Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.9 km); The Kingswinford School - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 6.7 km); EPSRC Willenhall (battery storage, 7.0 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.