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
3,303hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
403spill events counted
United Utilities
Billington Wwtwinto River Calder124 spills, 1,551 hours in 2025
1000 m away
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Whalley Wastewater Treament Worksinto The River Calder91 spills, 1,006 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
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Ridding Lane Cso (342x5)into River Calder50 spills, 373 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Whittams Farm Cso 342xwinto Unnamed Tributary River Calder89 spills, 189 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
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Longworth Rd/R'Way Viaduct Csointo River Calder41 spills, 105 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
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South Of Old Langho Rd Csointo Unnamed Trib Of Bushburn Brook8 spills, 79 hours in 2025
15 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (4 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 2.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Stonyhurst College, Avenue Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2026 3.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Time Technology Park, Blackburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 970 kW
Apr 2024 6.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Newhouse Road - Solar PV SystemPlanning application in · 430 kW
Feb 2021 7.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Altham - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2022 7.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Ribble Business Park, Challenge Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
May 2025 8.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Whitebirk Depot Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2021 8.4 km away
Rooftop solar
St Christophers School, Queens Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 410 kW
Jun 2023 8.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Whinney Hill Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2021 8.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Senator International, Newhouse Road - Solar Photovoltaics PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jul 2024 8.6 km away
Battery storage
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
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 21.6 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 24.6 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.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Davies Road - Whitebirk Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2022 8.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Church Works, Bridge Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 9.1 km away
Running nearest: Altham Business Park - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 7.1 km); Whinney Hill Waste Disposal Site (landfill gas, 7.9 km); Whinney Hill II Energy (landfill gas, 7.9 km); ENWL Training Academy (solar farm, 8.7 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.