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
5storm overflows within 2 km
172hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
96spill events counted
United Utilities
Opp 76 Burnley Road Csointo River Calder93 spills, 169 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
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In Front Of No.19 Bear Street Csointo Sweet Clough Trib Green Brook3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
850 m away
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Liverpool Road Cso (088nf)into River Calder0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1000 m away
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Stockbridge Road Cso (Bur0038)into Green Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
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Levant Mill Footbridge Cso (O82cv)into Green Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
30 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (24 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Energy from waste
Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Accrington Road - Combined Heat And PowerApproved, not yet built
Nov 2023 1.7 km away
Battery storage
he Yard, Holme Road, Burnley - Battery StoreagePlanning application in
Dec 2022 2.3 km away
Solar farm
Crow Wood, Holme Road - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built
Dec 2023 2.3 km away
Battery storage
Former Bull & Butcher Pub - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
Jul 2023 3.0 km away
Battery storage
The Old Vicarage, Reedley - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jun 2025 3.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Apr 2024 3.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Newhouse Road - Solar PV SystemPlanning application in · 430 kW
Feb 2021 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Altham - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2022 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Burnley General Hospital, Casterton Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Jan 2026 4.3 km away
Solar farm
Safran Nacelles, Bancroft Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2024 4.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Cumbrian Way, BurnleyNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 1000 m away
Minor
Footpath Rear Of 33 Sycamore Avenue To Side Of 1 Alexander Grove, BurnleyUtility asset works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 650 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
Pre-application
Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Hapton & Lowerhouse: +30% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +2.5% in two years.
Widow Hill, Balderstone Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemBeing built · 70 MW
May 2025 4.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Senator International, Newhouse Road - Solar Photovoltaics PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jul 2024 5.4 km away
Running nearest: New Barn Farm (wind farm, 2.5 km); Hameldon Hill extension (wind farm, 2.8 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 3.8 km); Queen's Park Road Energy (landfill gas, 3.8 km); Rowley (landfill gas, 4.2 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.