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
823hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
37 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (19 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Old Allen Road, Wilsden - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 100 MW
Oct 2025 1.7 km away
Battery storage
Peat Dykes Farm, Harrop Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jun 2026 1.8 km away
Battery storage
Bradford West Substation (Harrop Edge Farm)Being built · 50 MW
Jul 2022 2.1 km away
Battery storage
Bradford West, Harrop Lane, Wilsden - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
May 2023 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
St James Church Primary School, Chelwood Drive - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2024 2.9 km away
Battery storage
Lane Side - Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jul 2025 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Clayton Ce Primary School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024 3.5 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 3.7 km away
Biomass
Ernest Gill And Son, Holmfield Industrial Estate - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Sept 2022 3.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned
Deep Lane, BradfordUtility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 800 m away
Major
Deep Lane, BradfordUtility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 800 m away
Major
Upper Heights Road, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 950 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 12.2 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 Thornton: +36% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.7% in two years.