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
9storm overflows within 2 km
583hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
203spill events counted
United Utilities
Accrington Ssointo River Hyndburn74 spills, 353 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
United Utilities
Oswaldtwistle Csointo White Ash Brook54 spills, 177 hours in 2025
Belfield Road, AccringtonHighway improvement works · LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 1000 m away
Minor
Lonsdale Street, AccringtonRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 550 m away
Minor
Blackburn Road, AccringtonRemedial works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
Minor
Queens Road West, ChurchUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 800 m away
Minor
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.
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 28.0 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 Accrington West: +36% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 20 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.7% in two years.
Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 60 MW
Oct 2025 3.1 km away
Solar farm
Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 26 MW
Jan 2026 3.4 km away
Running nearest: Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 1.8 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 2.1 km); Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.4 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 4.8 km); ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 5.0 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.
Spring Hill Road, AccringtonNew service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 850 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.