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
36storm overflows within 2 km
1,586hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
703spill events counted
United Utilities
Sharples Street Csointo Tributary Of River Darwen145 spills, 381 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
Philips Road Cso (052lo)into Trib Of River Blakewater V Sws90 spills, 215 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
United Utilities
Whalley Old Rd/Providence St Csointo Little Harwood Brook58 spills, 204 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
United Utilities
Philips Road Csointo River Blakewater32 spills, 186 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
United Utilities
Thwaites Brewery Csointo River Blakewater50 spills, 126 hours in 2025
250 m away
United Utilities
Appleby Sreett Csointo Trib Of River Blakewater52 spills, 103 hours in 2025
650 m away
United Utilities
Lower Audley Csointo Tributary Of River Blakewater40 spills, 98 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
United Utilities
Addison Close Csointo River Blakewater49 spills, 71 hours in 2025
Gate Street, BlackburnUtility repair and maintenance works · EE Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Major
Gate Street, BlackburnUtility repair and maintenance works · EE Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Major, planned
St James'S Road, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Standard
Mitton Street, BlackburnUtility asset works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 650 m away
Minor
Town Hall Street, BlackburnUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 500 m away
Minor
Railway Road, BlackburnUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 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
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
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 28.5 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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Central Blackburn: +33% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 30 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -2.3% in two years.