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
1storm overflows within 2 km
1hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
1spill events counted
Wessex Water
Fisherman'S Walk Overflowinto English Channel · near bathing water: Bournemouth Fisherman`s Walk1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
15 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (130 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Royal Bournemouth Hospital, Castle Lane East - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Wimborne Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2025 4.3 km away
Solar farm
Parley Court - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 35 MW
Jun 2024 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Alder Park - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
May 2025 5.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Hollywood Bowl Bournemouth Branksome, Poole Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Dec 2024 5.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Curtiss Wright Controls, Enterprise Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2024 6.5 km away
Solar farm
Waterditch Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StoragePlanning application in · 50 MW
Jul 2025 7.0 km away
Battery storage
Waterditch Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StoragePlanning application in
Jul 2025 7.0 km away
Energy from waste
Chapel Lane ERFBeing built · 3 MW
Aug 2024 7.2 km away
Energy from waste
CanfordBeing built · 10 MW
Jan 2015 9.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Poole General Hospital, Longfleet Road - Solar Panels
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Christchurch Road, BournemouthUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTH WEST WATER · Two-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 650 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
No nationally significant infrastructure projects within 30 km.
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 Boscombe East: +14% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -6.5% in two years.