What's changing near BD3 7BT
Within 2 km, around Thornbury in Bradford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
114new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
7homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.7%like-for-like prices in Thornbury, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-16%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
22 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
16 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
Jan 2025
1.2 km away - School closed
School closed: Olive SecondaryOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jun 2022
1.7 km away - Planning permissionJun 2022
300 m away - School closed
School closed: Olive Secondary GirlsOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2021
1.7 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 16 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
7homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
50since energy certificates began (2008)
2in BD3 7BT itself
- Extendedcertificate 2015
- Extendedcertificate 2014
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
254hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
115spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Dawsons Corner Csointo Tributary Of Bagley Beck48 spills, 100 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Yorkshire Water
Dick Lne Cso & New Lne Spsinto Cul Trib Of Tyersal Beck19 spills, 64 hours in 2025
950 m away - Yorkshire Water
Pudsey (Smalewell) Csointo Tyersal Beck18 spills, 44 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Ravenscliffe Avenue Csointo Fagley Beck12 spills, 37 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Woodhall Road No 2 Csointo Fagley Beck18 spills, 9 hours in 2025
700 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
55 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (4 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Biomass
Unit 1, Whitehead Business Park - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024
1.6 km away - Other
Bradford Low Carbon HydrogenApproved, not yet built
Apr 2024
1.7 km away - Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityPlanning application in
May 2024
2.1 km away - Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Bow Beck Bowling, Back Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Spring Valley Mills - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Apr 2022
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Bradford Forster Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2024
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
New Street Mills, Carlisle Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Pudsey Leisure Centre - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Feb 2024
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
11 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major
Woodhall Avenue, BradfordUtility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
50 m away - Standard
Gain Lane, BradfordUtility asset works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
50 m away - Standard
Woodhall Avenue, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
100 m away - Standard
Hodgson Avenue, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
500 m away - Standard
Baring Avenue, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Standard
Roydstone Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Standard
Silverhill Drive, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Standard
Grenfell Terrace, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Standard
Moor Park Drive, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026800 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
22.8 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
29.1 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
29.2 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
29.7 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.
West Specialist Inclusive Learning Centre, Town Street - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Running nearest: Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 2.9 km); Esholt WWTW (other, 4.8 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.