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
4storm overflows within 2 km
3,115hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
290spill events counted
United Utilities
Billington Wwtwinto River Calder124 spills, 1,551 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
United Utilities
Hurst Green Wwtwinto Dean Brook143 spills, 1,364 hours in 2025
17 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (6 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Stonyhurst College, Avenue Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2026 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Total Food Services, North Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 220 kW
Dec 2022 4.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2025 6.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Whitebirk Depot Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2021 7.4 km away
Battery storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022 7.9 km away
Battery storage
Gladstone Street, Little Harwood - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
May 2024 7.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Apr 2024 8.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Newhouse Road - Solar PV SystemPlanning application in · 430 kW
Feb 2021 8.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Altham - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2022 8.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Tauheedul Islam Girls High School, Preston New Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025 8.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Brookside, Old LanghoNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 600 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
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 19.8 km away
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.
application due November 2026 26.6 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 Whalley & Brockhall: +25% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 190 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.8% in two years.
St Christophers School, Queens Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Jun 2023 8.8 km away
Battery storage
Knuzden Moss Farm, Oswaldtwistle - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 60 MW
Oct 2025 8.8 km away
Running nearest: ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 7.6 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 8.4 km); Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 8.4 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 8.5 km); BAE Samlesbury Aerodrome (solar farm, 9.9 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.