Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Rossendale › Neighbourhood Haslingden › Postcode BB4 5DZ What's changing near BB4 5DZ Within 2 km, around Haslingden in Rossendale. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
11 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.1% like-for-like prices in Haslingden, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.5%)
-7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 10 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 School closed School closed: Austen House Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
17 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
59 since energy certificates began (2008)
6 in BB4 5DZ itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2014 Extended Storm overflows within 2 km 8 storm overflows within 2 km
464 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
201 spill events counted
United Utilities Carr Mill Street Cso into Clvrt'D Section Swinnel Brook 43 spills, 180 hours in 2025
1.3 km away United Utilities New Hall Hey Road Cso into River Irwell 30 spills, 111 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Helmshore Caravan Park Cso into Swinnel Brook 48 spills, 106 hours in 2025
1.2 km away United Utilities Manchester Rd Dalesford Rd 362ej into Rvr Irwell Via Langwood Brook 58 spills, 53 hours in 2025
650 m away United Utilities Langwood Brook Cso into Clvrt'D Section Langwood Brook 6 spills, 10 hours in 2025
600 m away United Utilities Manchester Road Sewer into Swinnel Brook 13 spills, 4 hours in 2025
450 m away United Utilities Manchester Rd Cso (363f2) into Culverted Langwood Brook 2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Deardengate/Bury Road Cso into Swinnel Brook 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
450 m 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 23 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (111 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Paragon Works, Rising Bridge Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 Solar farm Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 26 MW
Jan 2026 Wind farm Hyndburn Wind Farm Extension Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2015 Rooftop solar The Hollins, Hollins Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Mount Carmel RC High School, Wordsworth Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Rhyddings Business And Enterprise School, Oswaldtwistle - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Oct 2024 Solar farm Coach Road Meadow - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Church Works, Bridge Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jan 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Manchester Road, Haslingden New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Multi-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Deardengate, Haslingden Permanent reinstatement · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Pre-application Calderdale Energy Park Generating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026 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.
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.
Running nearest: Rossendale Power (landfill gas, 3.0 km); Horncliffe Quarry (Extension) (landfill gas, 3.0 km); Horncliffe Quarry (landfill gas, 3.0 km); Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.2 km); Scout Moor Windfarm (wind farm, 5.5 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.