What's changing near BB1 3NN
Within 2 km, around Shadsworth & Intack in Blackburn with Darwen. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
33new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
0.0%like-for-like prices in Shadsworth & Intack, 2024 → 2025 (council +6.6%)
+2%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.4 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.2 km away - New school
New school: Our Lady and St John RC High School, a Voluntary AcademyAcademy sponsor led, secondary
Dec 2023
1.1 km away - New schoolSept 2022
1.6 km away
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.
11homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
37since energy certificates began (2008)
1in BB1 3NN 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
12storm overflows within 2 km
870hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
341spill events counted
- United Utilities
Philips Road Cso (052lo)into Trib Of River Blakewater V Sws90 spills, 215 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Whalley Old Rd/Providence St Csointo Little Harwood Brook58 spills, 204 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - United Utilities
Philips Road Csointo River Blakewater32 spills, 186 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Appleby Sreett Csointo Trib Of River Blakewater52 spills, 103 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Accrington Road Csointo Clvrt'D Section Knuzden Brook43 spills, 90 hours in 2025
150 m away - United Utilities
Queens Park Road Csointo Queens Park Culvert33 spills, 49 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Gorse St Combined Sewer Overflowinto River Darwen18 spills, 13 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - United Utilities
Gate Street Csointo River Blakewater12 spills, 9 hours in 2025
1.6 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
26 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (45 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022
650 m away - Battery storage
Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 60 MW
Oct 2025
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Whitebirk Depot Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2021
1.2 km away - Battery storage
Gladstone Street, Little Harwood - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
May 2024
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2025
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Horizon Building, Duttons Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026
1.9 km away - Solar farm
Coach Road Meadow - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2024
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Church Works, Bridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Rhyddings Business And Enterprise School, Oswaldtwistle - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Oct 2024
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Mount Carmel RC High School, Wordsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2025
4.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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
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 application due March 2029
24.7 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2025
25.1 km away - 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
26.2 km away
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.
Running nearest: ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 1.1 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 5.1 km); Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.1 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 5.6 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 8.0 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.