What's changing near BD4 9QN
Within 2 km, around Bierley & Tong in Bradford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
145new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
6homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.4%like-for-like prices in Bierley & Tong, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-7%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
39 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
24 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
700 m away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
650 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
750 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2026
Mar 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2026
Mar 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
750 m away - New schoolSept 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
16homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
39since energy certificates began (2008)
2in BD4 9QN itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2024
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
7storm overflows within 2 km
169hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
71spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Stirling Cresent No1 Spsinto Holme Beck18 spills, 90 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Cutler Heights Csointo Holme Beck (Culverted)18 spills, 34 hours in 2025
900 m away - Yorkshire Water
Shetcliffe Lane No 2 Csointo High Royds Beck21 spills, 28 hours in 2025
850 m away - Yorkshire Water
Cliff Hollins Lane Csointo Highroyds Beck3 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Holme Lane 313 Csointo Holme Beck9 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Raikes Lane Csointo High Royds Beck2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Tyersal Lane Csointo Trib Of Holme Beck0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.3 km 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
51 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (5 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Swaledale House, Weaverthorpe Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2023
600 m away - Rooftop solar
Bradford Forster Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024
1.4 km away - Biomass
Unit 1, Whitehead Business Park - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Roydsdale Way, Unit 6 - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2026
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
St Matthews CE Primary School, Ivy House Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
Jun 2026
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Bow Beck Bowling, Back Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023
2.4 km away - Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityPlanning application in
May 2024
2.5 km away - Anaerobic digestion
Cashmere Works, Birksland Street - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Sedbergh Sports and Leisure Centre - Solar PV InstallationBeing built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Trafalgar House Police Station - Installation Of Solar PV SystemBeing built
Sept 2023
3.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Vulcan Street, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
150 m away - Standard
Holsworthy Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Standard
Tong Street, BradfordUtility asset works · ESP ELECTRICITY · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Standard
Romsey Gardens, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Standard
Stirling Crescent, BradfordNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
900 m away - Standard
Holme Wood Road, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 m away - Standard
Kirkwall Drive, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 m away - Standard
Belford Close, BradfordUtility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 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
22.5 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
28.8 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
28.8 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
29.3 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: Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 6.1 km); Esholt WWTW (other, 8.4 km); Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 9.6 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.