Country England and Wales › Region Yorkshire and The Humber › Council Bradford › Neighbourhood Broomfields & East Bowling › Postcode BD3 9DS What's changing near BD3 9DS Within 2 km, around Broomfields & East Bowling in Bradford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
83 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+17.1% like-for-like prices in Broomfields & East Bowling, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
+3% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 School closed School closed: Training and Skills Centre Other independent special school, other independent special school (de-registered)
Jan 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Dec 2024 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 School closed School closed: TLG Bradford Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Nov 2022 School closed School closed: Olive Secondary Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jun 2022 School closed School closed: Olive Secondary Girls Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2021 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.
16 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
285 since energy certificates began (2008)
9 in BD3 9DS itself
Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2014 Extended Storm overflows within 2 km 24 storm overflows within 2 km
919 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
476 spill events counted
Yorkshire Water Bower Grn/Chestnut St/Myrtle St/ into East Brook (Culverted) 78 spills, 286 hours in 2025
600 m away Yorkshire Water Hammerton St/Leeds Rd/Harris St Cso into East Brook (Culverted) 24 spills, 163 hours in 2025
850 m away Yorkshire Water Little Horton Lane Cso into Bradford Beck 70 spills, 132 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Yorkshire Water Bower Grn/Chestnut St/Myrtle St/ into East Brook (Culverted) 60 spills, 71 hours in 2025
600 m away Yorkshire Water Ashbourne Road Cso into Bolton Beck 28 spills, 46 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water North Brook Street No 1 Cso into Bradford Beck (Culverted) 39 spills, 45 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Yorkshire Water Springmill Street 2 Cso into Clvrt Trib Of Bowling Beck 31 spills, 30 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water Vicar Lane 2 Cso into East Brook (Culverted) 33 spills, 30 hours in 2025
950 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 54 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (4 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Anaerobic digestion Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Planning application in
May 2024 Anaerobic digestion Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Approved, not yet built
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Bow Beck Bowling, Back Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Trafalgar House Police Station - Installation Of Solar PV System Being built
Sept 2023 Biomass Unit 1, Whitehead Business Park - Biomass Boiler Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024 Battery storage Midland Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 80 MW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Bradford Forster Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar The University Of Bradford Stadium - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar University of Bradford, Richmond Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2022 Other Bradford Low Carbon Hydrogen Approved, not yet built
Apr 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major Back Folkestone Street Nw, Bradford Remedial works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned North Street, Bradford Highway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Wellington Street, Bradford Highway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Cross Wellington Street, Bradford Highway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Seymour Street, Bradford Utility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Warley Drive, Bradford Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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 Park Generating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026 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.
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.
Running nearest: Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 3.1 km); Esholt WWTW (other, 5.7 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.