What's changing near BB7 9LY
Within 2 km, around Whalley & Brockhall in Ribble Valley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
94new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
23homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.1%like-for-like prices in Whalley & Brockhall, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.3%)
+4%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
21 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
34 new homes completed8 flats, 26 houses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
450 m away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.8 km away - Planning permissionApr 2022
1.2 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 16 homesQueen Mary Terrace and Bridge Terrace, Mitton Road, Whalley, BB7 9JS (full planning permission) Feb 2022
1.7 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 8 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
20since energy certificates began (2008)
1in BB7 9LY itself
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
7storm overflows within 2 km
3,424hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
418spill events counted
- United Utilities
Billington Wwtwinto River Calder124 spills, 1,551 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - United Utilities
Whalley Wastewater Treament Worksinto The River Calder91 spills, 1,006 hours in 2025
800 m away - United Utilities
Ridding Lane Cso (342x5)into River Calder50 spills, 373 hours in 2025
700 m away - United Utilities
Whittams Farm Cso 342xwinto Unnamed Tributary River Calder89 spills, 189 hours in 2025
100 m away - United Utilities
Petre Arms Roundabout Csointo Stream Trib Bushburn Brook15 spills, 122 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - United Utilities
Longworth Rd/R'Way Viaduct Csointo River Calder41 spills, 105 hours in 2025
700 m away - United Utilities
South Of Old Langho Rd Csointo Unnamed Trib Of Bushburn Brook8 spills, 79 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
23 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (16 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Total Food Services, North Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 220 kW
Dec 2022
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Stonyhurst College, Avenue Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2026
4.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Apr 2024
5.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Newhouse Road - Solar PV SystemPlanning application in · 430 kW
Feb 2021
5.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Altham - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2022
5.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2025
6.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Whitebirk Depot Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2021
6.7 km away - Rooftop solar
St Christophers School, Queens Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Jun 2023
6.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Whinney Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2021
7.0 km away - Battery storage
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022
7.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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
22.3 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
24.3 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.
Running nearest: Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 6.0 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 6.3 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 6.3 km); ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 7.0 km); Hameldon Hill extension (wind farm, 9.2 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.