What's changing near BD11 2PF
Within 2 km, around Birkenshaw in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
82new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
6homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.7%like-for-like prices in Birkenshaw, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-27%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
7 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2026
planned Oct 2026
600 m away - New homes
37 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
900 m away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2025
Nov 2025
850 m away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
700 m away - Planning permissionMar 2023
1.8 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
17since energy certificates began (2008)
1in BD11 2PF 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
4storm overflows within 2 km
181hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
60spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Birkenshaw Csointo Nutter Beck10 spills, 86 hours in 2025
650 m away - Yorkshire Water
East Bierley No2 Csointo Lodge Beck28 spills, 61 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Yorkshire Water
Hunsworth Lane No 2 Csointo Hunsworth Upper Lane Beck10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Old Lane No 2 Csointo Wormalds Drain12 spills, 12 hours in 2025
650 m 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
57 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
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Roydsdale Way, Unit 6 - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2026
3.6 km away - Battery storage
Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery UnitsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2023
3.6 km away - Solar farm
Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 2 MW
Jan 2026
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Gildersome Spur - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Oct 2022
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit S, Gildersome Spur, Gildersome - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2022
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Gelderd Road, Gildersome - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Feb 2022
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Stone Pits Lane, MorleyApproved, not yet built
Mar 2021
4.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Bradford Forster Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024
5.0 km away - Rooftop solar
New Street Mills, Carlisle Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025
5.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
9 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
- Major, planned
Swincliffe Crescent, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
300 m away - Major
Swincliffe Crescent, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
300 m away - Major, planned
Dewsbury Road, CleckheatonHighway repair and maintenance works · KIRKLEES COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
450 m away - Major
Dewsbury Road, CleckheatonHighway repair and maintenance works · KIRKLEES COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
450 m away - Major, planned
Oxford Road, CleckheatonUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 m away - Major
Oxford Road, CleckheatonUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 m away - Standard
Bradford Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 m away - Standard
Whitehall Road West, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 m away - Minor
Bradford Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026450 m away
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. application due November 2026
25.1 km away - Pre-application
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
26.4 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
26.4 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
26.8 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.
Running nearest: Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 6.3 km); Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.3 km); Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 9.5 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.