What's changing near BD13 3LA
Within 2 km, around Thornton in Bradford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
101new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.2%like-for-like prices in Thornton, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-12%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · May 2026
Jun 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
27 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025
Oct 2025
300 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.4 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.6 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 22 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
16homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
35since energy certificates began (2008)
1in BD13 3LA 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
9storm overflows within 2 km
315hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
106spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Thornton Road 209 Csointo Pitty Beck67 spills, 236 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Lower Kipping Lane 2 Csointo Pinch Beck24 spills, 38 hours in 2025
200 m away - Yorkshire Water
Green Lane 206 Csointo Pinch Beck3 spills, 29 hours in 2025
500 m away - Yorkshire Water
Dole Street No. 2 Csointo Pinch Beck6 spills, 9 hours in 2025
350 m away - Yorkshire Water
West Scholes Csointo High Birks Beck4 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.0 km away - Yorkshire Water
New Inn Beck Csointo Pinch Beck1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
250 m away - Yorkshire Water
Back Heights Spsinto Pitty Beck (Via Sw Sewer)1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Yorkshire Water
Dawsons Hill Csointo Pinch Beck0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
400 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
41 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (19 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
St James Church Primary School, Chelwood Drive - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2024
1.8 km away - Battery storage
Old Allen Road, Wilsden - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 100 MW
Oct 2025
2.0 km away - Battery storage
Peat Dykes Farm, Harrop Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jun 2026
2.2 km away - Battery storage
Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm)Being built · 50 MW
Jul 2022
2.2 km away - Battery storage
Bradford West, Harrop Lane, Wilsden - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
May 2023
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Clayton Ce Primary School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024
2.4 km away - Battery storage
Lane Side - Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025
3.1 km away - Battery storage
Holmfield - Battery Energy StorageBeing built · 250 kW
Mar 2023
3.6 km away - Battery storage
Holmfield Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 500 MW
May 2025
3.8 km away - Biomass
Ernest Gill And Son, Holmfield Industrial Estate - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Sept 2022
3.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major
Thornton Road, BradfordUtility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to May 2027
200 m away - Minor
Henry Street, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
100 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. application due November 2026
13.4 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: Ovenden Moor (Repower) (wind farm, 5.5 km); Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 8.8 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.