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
5storm overflows within 2 km
125hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
73spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
East Bierley No2 Csointo Lodge Beck28 spills, 61 hours in 2025
500 m away
Yorkshire Water
Shetcliffe Lane No 2 Csointo High Royds Beck21 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Hunsworth Lane No 2 Csointo Hunsworth Upper Lane Beck10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
Yorkshire Water
Old Lane No 2 Csointo Wormalds Drain12 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
Yorkshire Water
Raikes Lane Csointo High Royds Beck2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
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.
Ferrybridge Carbon Capture and StorageOther Pipe-lines · The Ferrybridge Energy from Waste Carbon Capture and Storage project is located near Knottingley within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire and administrative area of the Wakefield Metropolitan DC. The site is located to the west of the River Aire and the east of the A1(M).
application due February 2028 27.3 km away
Pre-application
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power StationGenerating Stations · Land at and within the vicinity of the former Ferrybridge C Power Station Site, Kirkhaw Lane, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, West Yorkshire – within the administrative area of Metropolitan District of Wakefield, and a land corridor extending eastwards into the administrative area of North Yorkshire Council.
application due June 2027 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 Birkenshaw: +34% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.3% in two years.