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
8storm overflows within 2 km
654hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
203spill events counted
United Utilities
Accrington Ssointo River Hyndburn74 spills, 353 hours in 2025
650 m away
United Utilities
Oswaldtwistle Csointo White Ash Brook54 spills, 177 hours in 2025
750 m away
United Utilities
Rishton Tank Csointo Liverpool & Leeds Canal54 spills, 99 hours in 2025
Russia Street, AccringtonHighway improvement works · LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 550 m away
Major
Countess Street, AccringtonHighway improvement works · LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
Minor
Lonsdale Street, AccringtonRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 450 m away
Minor
Spring Hill Road, AccringtonNew service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 1000 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 27.1 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 Church: +36% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.6% in two years.
The Hollins, Hollins Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Apr 2024 3.0 km away
Battery storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022 3.6 km away
Running nearest: Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 2.0 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 2.4 km); ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 4.1 km); Hyndburn Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.5 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 5.1 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.