What's changing near BL0 9NZ
Within 2 km, around Ramsbottom in Bury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
5new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
6homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.8%like-for-like prices in Ramsbottom, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
–crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New schoolMar 2024
300 m away - Planning permission
Permission for 6 homesBast House Farm Barns, Manchester Road, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL9 5LZ (full planning permission) Feb 2021
1.9 km away - New schoolDec 2020
1.7 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
21homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
28since energy certificates began (2008)
2in BL0 9NZ itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2012
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
5storm overflows within 2 km
515hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
179spill events counted
- United Utilities
Peel Hall Cso (Bry0140)into River Irwell88 spills, 260 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Nuttall Hall Road Csointo River Irwell45 spills, 163 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - United Utilities
Railway Street Csointo River Irwell29 spills, 63 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Peel Hall Drive Csointo River Irwell13 spills, 25 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Carr Street Cso 099bpinto River Irwell4 spills, 3 hours in 2025
850 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
14 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (134 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 57 MW
Apr 2024
7.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2024
7.7 km away - Rooftop solar
The Food Warehouse Iceland, Pilsworth Road -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026
7.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Apr 2026
8.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
May 2026
8.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Norden Community School - Solar PV SystemsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2021
8.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Heywood Sports Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Aug 2021
8.2 km away - Battery storage
Union Court Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 5 MW
Oct 2021
8.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Vernacare, Folds Road - Solar PV arrayApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
Jan 2025
8.9 km away - Solar farm
Chamber HouseBeing built · 4 MW
Apr 2023
9.4 km away - Wind farm
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Sept 2025
11.0 km away - 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
25.3 km away - Pre-application
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north). application due May 2027
27.4 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2022
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: Scout Moor Windfarm (wind farm, 4.9 km); Rossendale Power (landfill gas, 5.2 km); Horncliffe Quarry (Extension) (landfill gas, 5.2 km); Horncliffe Quarry (landfill gas, 5.2 km); Lascar Works (battery storage, 5.3 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.