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
33storm overflows within 2 km
1,428hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
638spill events counted
United Utilities
Sharples Street Csointo Tributary Of River Darwen145 spills, 381 hours in 2025
950 m away
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Aqueduct Road Csointo River Darwen53 spills, 335 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
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Thwaites Brewery Csointo River Blakewater50 spills, 126 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Appleby Sreett Csointo Trib Of River Blakewater52 spills, 103 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
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Lower Audley Csointo Tributary Of River Blakewater40 spills, 98 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Witton Tanks Csointo River Blakewater41 spills, 81 hours in 2025
750 m away
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Addison Close Csointo River Blakewater49 spills, 71 hours in 2025
150 m away
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Queens Park Road Csointo Queens Park Culvert33 spills, 49 hours in 2025
23 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (39 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Tauheedul Islam Girls High School, Preston New Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025 1.3 km away
Battery storage
Gladstone Street, Little Harwood - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
May 2024 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2025 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Whitebirk Depot Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2021 3.3 km away
Battery storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Horizon Building, Duttons Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 3.7 km away
Battery storage
Balle StreetBeing built
Nov 2021 4.2 km away
Anaerobic digestion
Suezlower, Eccleshill Road - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityApproved, not yet built
Mar 2023 4.4 km away
Battery storage
Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 60 MW
Oct 2025 4.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Crown Paints, Hollins Road - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Apr 2023 6.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
12 permitted works running now or planned, 7 of them major.
Major, planned
Whitehead Street, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 300 m away
Major, planned
Granville Road, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 700 m away
Major
Museum Street, BlackburnOptional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Dec 2025 to Jan 2027 850 m away
Major, planned
Canterbury Street, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Major, planned
Great Bolton Street, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 950 m away
Major, planned
Lower Audley Street, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 1000 m away
Major, planned
Park Road, BlackburnHighway repair and maintenance works · BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 1000 m away
Standard
King Street, BlackburnWorks for road purposes · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 450 m away
Standard
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 29.7 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.