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
183hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
62spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Birkenshaw Csointo Nutter Beck10 spills, 86 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Yorkshire Water
East Bierley No2 Csointo Lodge Beck28 spills, 61 hours in 2025
400 m away
Yorkshire Water
Hunsworth Lane No 2 Csointo Hunsworth Upper Lane Beck10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Yorkshire Water
Old Lane No 2 Csointo Wormalds Drain12 spills, 12 hours in 2025
650 m away
Yorkshire Water
Raikes Lane Csointo High Royds Beck2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
52 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (7 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Swaledale House, Weaverthorpe Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2023 2.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Roydsdale Way, Unit 6 - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2026 3.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Bradford Forster Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
New Street Mills, Carlisle Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Gelderd Road, Gildersome - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Feb 2022 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Gildersome Spur - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Oct 2022 4.1 km away
Battery storage
Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery UnitsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2023 4.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Unit S, Gildersome Spur, Gildersome - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2022 4.2 km away
Biomass
Unit 1, Whitehead Business Park - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024 4.2 km away
Solar farm
Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 2 MW
Jan 2026 4.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Westgate Hill Street Roundabout, BradfordHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Mar 2027 900 m away
Standard
Bradford Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Standard
Whitehall Road West, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 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.
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 26.8 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 27.3 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.
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.