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
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).
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.
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.