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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.
| Windhill | Bradford | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 3% | 11% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 1% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 5 | 26 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 0% | 3% |
| Flats | 21% | 15% | 22% |
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Barn in Old Bull Yard, 25 metres north east of 28 Towngate | II | 110 m |
| 24 and 26, Towngate | II | 130 m |
| 33 and 35, Snowden Road | II | 160 m |
| 3 and 5, Snowden Road | II | 220 m |
| Number 15, Part to East | II | 580 m |
| Number 15 Including Walls and Gate Piers | II | 600 m |
| 7, Thackley Old Road | II | 630 m |
| 6, Wood Top | II | 690 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26, Low Ash Grove | Extension | 2026 | +10 m² | 4 → 5 |
| 43, Oakdale Road | Extension | 2026 | +16 m² | – |
| 63, West Royd Road | Extension | 2026 | +14 m² | 6 → 8 |
| 24, Gaisby Mount | Extension | 2026 | +25 m² | – |
| 9, Forestdale Way | Extension | 2026 | +22 m² | 6 → 6 |
| 86, Low Ash Drive | Extension | 2025 | +39 m² | 4 → 4 |
| 21, Park Road | Extension | 2025 | +10 m² | 6 → 5 |
| 21, Park Road | Loft conversion | 2025 | +10 m² | 6 → 5 |
| 3, Park Road | Loft conversion | 2025 | – | 7 → 6 |
| 26, Hope View | Extension | 2025 | +12 m² | 6 → 6 |
| 90, Hollin Lane |
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 ↗
| Windhill | Bradford | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 8% | 7% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 16% | 24% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 92% | 94% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 10,501 | 13,033 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 13% | 13% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 5% | 31% | 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 Yorkshire & Humber, 8% (12,484 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 Windhill.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £1,600 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £2,304 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £9,004 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£27,000 |
| Money gone | £30,500 |
On these figures, moving loses about £21,496 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.
| Extension |
| 2025 |
| +12 m² |
| 4 → 4 |
| 8, West View Close | Extension | 2025 | +52 m² | – |
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| 39, West Royd Road | Extension | 2025 | +18 m² | 6 → 6 |
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| 3, Greenfield Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +42 m² | 4 → 4 |
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| 6, Ridgeway | Extension | 2025 | +25 m² | 5 → 7 |
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| 33, Gaisby Mount | Extension | 2025 | +42 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 33, Mires Beck Close | Extension | 2024 | +12 m² | 4 → 5 |
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| 23, Elm Road | Extension | 2023 | +29 m² | 5 → 7 |
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| 3, Wrose Grove | Extension | 2023 | +52 m² | 4 → 6 |
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| 10, Wrose View | Extension | 2023 | +15 m² | 4 → 6 |
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| 33, Park Road | Extension | 2023 | +48 m² | – |
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| 1, Woodend Drive | Extension | 2023 | +27 m² | – |
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| 44, Cotswold Avenue | Loft conversion | 2023 | +14 m² | 4 → 4 |
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| 15, Mountain View | Extension | 2023 | +49 m² | – |
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| 242, Leeds Road | Extension | 2023 | +9 m² | 4 → 5 |
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| 2, Oak Bank | Extension | 2023 | +36 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 3, Burghley Walk | Extension | 2023 | +23 m² | – |
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| 32, Shaftesbury Avenue | Extension | 2022 | +26 m² | – |
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| 25, Wrose Brow Road | Extension | 2022 | +9 m² | 4 → 4 |
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| 12, Carr Lane | Extension | 2022 | +53 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 | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.9% | 91.6% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.9% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 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.