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
21storm overflows within 2 km
830hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
379spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Bower Grn/Chestnut St/Myrtle St/into East Brook (Culverted)78 spills, 286 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
Yorkshire Water
Hammerton St/Leeds Rd/Harris St Csointo East Brook (Culverted)24 spills, 163 hours in 2025
58 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (4 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Bradford Forster Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024 200 m away
Rooftop solar
Bow Beck Bowling, Back Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023 1.2 km away
Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityPlanning application in
May 2024 1.3 km away
Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024 1.3 km away
Biomass
Unit 1, Whitehead Business Park - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Trafalgar House Police Station - Installation Of Solar PV SystemBeing built
Sept 2023 1.8 km away
Rooftop solar
St Matthews CE Primary School, Ivy House Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
Jun 2026 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Swaledale House, Weaverthorpe Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2023 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
University of Bradford, Richmond Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2022 2.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Roydsdale Way, Unit 6 - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2026 2.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Bowling Back Lane, BradfordHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Mar 2027 900 m away
Standard
Hall Lane, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 950 m away
Standard
Belford Close, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 950 m away
Minor
Foundry Lane, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 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.
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 29.9 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 Laisterdyke & Bowling: +39% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.1% in two years.