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
572hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
164spill events counted
United Utilities
Accrington Ssointo River Hyndburn74 spills, 353 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Oswaldtwistle Csointo White Ash Brook54 spills, 177 hours in 2025
Larch Road, OswaldtwistleNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Give and take
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 750 m away
Standard
White Ash Lane, OswaldtwistleNew service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 850 m away
Minor
Spring Hill Road, AccringtonNew service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 500 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
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 27.8 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 Oswaldtwistle: +39% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.3% in two years.
Hyndburn Wind Farm ExtensionApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2015 2.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Whinney Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2021 3.4 km away
Running nearest: Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 3.0 km); Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 3.3 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 3.4 km); ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 4.3 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 6.1 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.