Country England and Wales › Region Yorkshire and The Humber › Council Bradford › Neighbourhood Bowling Park › Postcode BD5 8BN What's changing near BD5 8BN Within 2 km, around Bowling Park in Bradford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
254 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+16.1% like-for-like prices in Bowling Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-13% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 39 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 33 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 27 new homes completed houses · May 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 27 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
256 since energy certificates began (2008)
7 in BD5 8BN itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2017 Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2016 Extended certificate 2015 Extended Storm overflows within 2 km 23 storm overflows within 2 km
818 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
403 spill events counted
Yorkshire Water Bower Grn/Chestnut St/Myrtle St/ into East Brook (Culverted) 78 spills, 286 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Yorkshire Water Hammerton St/Leeds Rd/Harris St Cso into East Brook (Culverted) 24 spills, 163 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water Little Horton Lane Cso into Bradford Beck 70 spills, 132 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Yorkshire Water Bower Grn/Chestnut St/Myrtle St/ into East Brook (Culverted) 60 spills, 71 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Yorkshire Water Springmill Street 2 Cso into Clvrt Trib Of Bowling Beck 31 spills, 30 hours in 2025
850 m away Yorkshire Water Vicar Lane 2 Cso into East Brook (Culverted) 33 spills, 30 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water Manchester Road Cso into Bowling Beck 23 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Yorkshire Water Mount Street No 2 Cso into East Brook (Culverted) 18 spills, 22 hours in 2025
2.0 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 55 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (4 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar St Matthews CE Primary School, Ivy House Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 180 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Trafalgar House Police Station - Installation Of Solar PV System Being built
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Bow Beck Bowling, Back Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Bradford Forster Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Sedbergh Sports and Leisure Centre - Solar PV Installation Being built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar University of Bradford, Richmond Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2022 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 Roydsdale Way, Unit 6 - Solar Panel Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Swaledale House, Weaverthorpe Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 16 permitted works running now or planned, 9 of them major.
Major, planned Ryan Street, Bradford Utility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Mar 2027 Major Ryan Street, Bradford Utility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Mar 2027 Major, planned Baird Street, Bradford Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Feb 2027 Major Baird Street, Bradford Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Ripley Street, Bradford Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Mar 2027 Major Ripley Street, Bradford Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Mar 2027 Major Hawkshead Drive, Bradford Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Staithgate Lane, Bradford Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major Staithgate Lane, Bradford Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 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, 5.6 km); Esholt WWTW (other, 8.2 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.