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
2storm overflows within 2 km
541hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
57spill events counted
United Utilities
Hyndburn Wwtw Hynbdinto River Calder (Ribble)53 spills, 525 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
Simonstone Lane Csointo River Calder4 spills, 16 hours in 2025
33 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (22 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Apr 2024 1.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Newhouse Road - Solar PV SystemPlanning application in · 430 kW
Feb 2021 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Altham - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2022 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Total Food Services, North Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 220 kW
Dec 2022 4.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Senator International, Newhouse Road - Solar Photovoltaics PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jul 2024 4.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Whinney Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2021 4.6 km away
Rooftop solar
St Christophers School, Queens Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Jun 2023 5.3 km away
Energy from waste
Hapton Valley Transfer Station, Accrington Road - Combined Heat And PowerApproved, not yet built
Nov 2023 5.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2024 6.4 km away
Battery storage
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Feb 20246.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
12 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major
George Lane Pt 2, ReadUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 150 m away
Major
Whalley Road, ReadUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 250 m away
Major
Whins Lane, ReadUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 300 m away
Major
Fountains Avenue, SimonstoneUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 500 m away
Major
Harewood Avenue, SimonstoneUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
Major
Woodfields, SimonstoneUtility asset works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 950 m away
Standard
Straits Lane Pt 2, ReadUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 300 m away
Standard
Waverley Close, SimonstoneUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 450 m away
Standard
Whalley Road, ReadUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 500 m away
Standard
Kirkstall Avenue, Simonstone
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.
application due November 2026 20.0 km away
Pre-application
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectElectric Lines · The area of Irish Sea in English waters and a land fall area reaching from Crosby at the southern end, to Fleetwood at the northern end and Penwortham at the Eastern extent
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 Read, Sabden & Chatburn: +27% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 30 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.6% in two years.
Church Works, Bridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 6.5 km away
Solar farm
Coach Road Meadow - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2024 6.9 km away
Running nearest: Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.2 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 4.2 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 4.4 km); New Barn Farm (wind farm, 5.3 km); Hameldon Hill extension (wind farm, 5.3 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.
Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 550 m away
Standard
Furness Avenue, SimonstoneUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 600 m away
Minor
Whins Lane, SimonstoneUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.