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What can I build, and will it pay? The planning rules, what neighbours have built, planning decisions, energy upgrades, and whether extending pays.
| Guide Bridge | Tameside | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 0% | 4% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 0% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Flats | 17% | 15% | 22% |
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Audenshaw War Memorial | II | 640 m |
| Church of St Stephen | II | 640 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
planning.data.gov.uk (OGL), Historic England. The rules at one address are on its postcode's Improving page. General guidance, not planning advice.
| Home | Work | Seen | Space added | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96, Mount Pleasant Street | Extension | 2026 | +19 m² | 4 → 4 |
| 47, Churchfields | Extension | 2026 | +10 m² | 5 → 6 |
| 100, St Annes Road | Extension | 2026 | +28 m² | – |
| 28, Oakwood Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +16 m² | 4 → 5 |
| 10, Stanhope Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +37 m² | – |
| 46, Churchfields | Extension | 2025 | +18 m² | – |
| 6, High Ash Grove | Extension | 2025 | +23 m² | 5 → 5 |
| 32, Sidmouth Street | Extension | 2025 | +18 m² | – |
| 16, Thornley Rise | Extension | 2025 | +44 m² | 3 → 5 |
| 16, Thornley Rise | Loft conversion | 2025 | +44 m² | 3 → 5 |
Planning applications outside London aren't published as open data yet, so search the council's own register: the drawings, the decision and the agent are there. Find the council's planning register on GOV.UK ↗
| Guide Bridge | Tameside | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 14% | 8% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 10% | 13% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 93% | 95% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 9,700 | 10,450 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 16% | 22% | 20% |
A home's own recommended upgrades and their costs are on its energy certificate, shown on its page.
MHCLG energy certificates; DESNZ fuel poverty.
Across England and Wales, homes extended by a typical 30 m² and then resold rose about 11.1% more than similar homes nearby over the same years (124,884 resales); in North West, 7.6% (15,445 resales).
Rough build costs and resale evidence, not quotes or a valuation. How extensions pay off by size, type and region.
The money you don't get back either way, for the same extra space in Guide Bridge.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £3,600 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £3,096 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £11,796 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£34,200 |
| Money gone | £23,300 |
On these figures, moving loses about £11,504 less. Moving also changes the area, the schools and the commute; extending means months of building work and depends on planning.
Building costs vary a lot (a single-storey rear extension is often £2,000–£3,000 per m², more in London). How much space adds depends on the home and street: what extensions added to resale prices. A guide, not advice; nothing you type leaves this page.
Where people extend most, and where the planning rules are tighter.
| Cheetham Fold & Gee Cross | 26.9 | 0% | 0% | 7 | 6% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mottram, Hollingworth & Broadbottom | 23.7 | 8% | 0% | 48 | 3% |
| Stalybridge South | 20.9 | 10% | 0% | 24 | 7% |
| Dukinfield West | 17.1 | 1% | 0% | 13 | 2% |
| Mossley | 16.9 | 0% | 0% | 42 | 9% |
| Ashton Central | 15.9 | 29% | 0% | 31 | 7% |
| Newtonmoor | 15.6 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 6% |
| Guide Bridge (this one) | 15.5 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 14% |
| Ashton Waterloo | 15.2 | 0% | 0% | 5 | 2% |
| Hyde North | 14.9 | 0% | 0% | 8 | 23% |
| Godley | 14.7 | 0% | 0% | 7 | 10% |
| Smallshaw | 14.5 | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1% |
| Droylsden East | 14.1 | 3% | 0% | 18 | 6% |
| Ashton North | 13.9 | 0% | 0% | 7 | 14% |
| Denton South | 13.5 | 0% | 0% | 5 | 3% |
| Droylsden West | 13.4 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 4% |
| Audenshaw | 13.2 | 0% | 0% | 4 | 33% |
| Hurst Cross | 12.2 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 4% |
| Stalybridge East & Swineshaw | 12.1 | 29% | 0% | 14 | 6% |
| Dane Bank | 12.1 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 1% |
| Ashton East | 11.8 | 0% | 0% | 5 | 13% |
| Stalybridge North | 11.8 | 11% | 0% | 3 | 3% |
| Hyde South | 11.8 | 0% | 0% | 11 | 5% |
| Droylsden Central | 10.9 | 8% | 0% | 19 | 4% |
| Denton North | 10.2 | 0% | 0% | 8 | 11% |
| Denton West | 8.8 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 2% |
| Denton East | 7.8 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 2% |
| Dukinfield East & Hough Hill | 7.5 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 2% |
| Carrbrook & Micklehurst | 6.5 | 13% | 0% | 29 | 2% |
| Hattersley | 6.3 | 1% | 0% | 8 | 38% |
| 22, Sandringham Avenue |
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| Extension |
| 2024 |
| +79 m² |
| – |
| 16, Springfield Street | Extension | 2024 | +36 m² | – |
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| 20, St Hildas View | Extension | 2024 | +10 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 32, Winton Avenue | Extension | 2024 | +19 m² | – |
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| 53, Poplar Street | Extension | 2023 | +17 m² | – |
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| 86, Mount Pleasant Street | Extension | 2023 | +8 m² | 4 → 5 |
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| 7, Balmoral Avenue | Extension | 2023 | +21 m² | – |
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| 2, Churchfields | Extension | 2023 | +97 m² | 5 → 7 |
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| 135, Denton Road | Extension | 2023 | +18 m² | – |
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| 73a, Audenshaw Road | Extension | 2023 | +18 m² | – |
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| 8, Sidmouth Street | Extension | 2023 | +47 m² | – |
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| 5, Richards Close | Extension | 2022 | +15 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 9, Ashlands Drive | Extension | 2022 | +21 m² | – |
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| 26, Oakwood Avenue | Extension | 2022 | +15 m² | – |
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| 1, Norlan Avenue | Extension | 2022 | +17 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 31, Sandringham Avenue | Extension | 2022 | +32 m² | – |
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| 1, Roker Park Avenue | Extension | 2022 | +11 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 8, Hazelwood Drive | Extension | 2021 | +12 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 23, Corporation Road | Extension | 2021 | +12 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 56, Howard Street | Extension | 2021 | +15 m² | – |
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Not every extension shows here. We only see building work when a new energy certificate is lodged, which happens when a home is sold, let or newly built. A loft or extension added since then won't appear, even with planning permission and building control sign-off, because those records aren't published as open data outside London. Missing work doesn't mean missing paperwork.
From energy certificates: an extension where a later certificate shows more floor space, a loft conversion where roof rooms appear.
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.0% | 94.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.8% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.