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
6storm overflows within 2 km
21hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
27spill events counted
United Utilities
Priestley Clough Csointo Woodnook Water15 spills, 17 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
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Scott Avenue/Hurstead Street Csointo Woodnook Water11 spills, 3 hours in 2025
150 m away
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Hill Street Csointo Woodnook Water1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
650 m away
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Rear Of 489 Manchester Road Csointo Woodnook Water Via Sws0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
300 m away
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560 Manchester Road Csointo Via Culvert To Woodnook Water0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
550 m away
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Grange Lane Csointo Broad Oak Water0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
29 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (111 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
The Hollins, Hollins Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Apr 2024 600 m away
Solar farm
Paragon Works, Rising Bridge Road - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 1.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2024 1.8 km away
Battery storage
Accrington and Rossendale College, Sandy Lane - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Feb 2024 1.8 km away
Solar farm
Ramsclough Farm, Haslingden Old Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 26 MW
Jan 2026 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Mount Carmel RC High School, Wordsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2025 2.2 km away
Wind farm
Hyndburn Wind Farm ExtensionApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2015 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Rhyddings Business And Enterprise School, Oswaldtwistle - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Oct 2024 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
St Christophers School, Queens Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Jun 2023 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Whinney Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 20213.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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
Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
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 South East: +31% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.1% in two years.
Church Works, Bridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Senator International, Newhouse Road - Solar Photovoltaics PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jul 2024 3.6 km away
Running nearest: Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 3.5 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 4.1 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 4.2 km); Hameldon Hill extension (wind farm, 4.9 km); New Barn Farm (wind farm, 5.2 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.