Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bolton › Neighbourhood Heaton & Deane › Postcode BL1 4LU What's changing near BL1 4LU Within 2 km, around Heaton & Deane in Bolton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
328 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.2% like-for-like prices in Heaton & Deane, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.9%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 19 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 36 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 34 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 32 new homes completed 4 flats, 28 houses · Mar 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 14 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 83 new homes completed flats · Apr 2025
May 2025 New homes 36 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024 – Dec 2024
Dec 2024 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New homes 21 new homes completed flats · Oct 2024 – Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New homes 16 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
35 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in BL1 4LU itself
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 22 storm overflows within 2 km
1,455 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
477 spill events counted
United Utilities Spa Road Cso 07017 into River Croal 45 spills, 441 hours in 2025
1000 m away United Utilities Chorley New/Devonshire Road Cso into Middle Brook 73 spills, 258 hours in 2025
150 m away United Utilities Adelaide Street Cso into Tanner Hole Brook 59 spills, 221 hours in 2025
2.0 km away United Utilities No 76 Middle Brook Cso into Middle Brook 94 spills, 160 hours in 2025
550 m away United Utilities Chorley Old Chorley New Rd Cso into Captains Clough Brook (Culverted) 73 spills, 136 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Ladybridge Lane Cso into Middle Brook 22 spills, 58 hours in 2025
1.1 km away United Utilities Thompson Road Cso into Captains Clough 8 spills, 35 hours in 2025
1.3 km away United Utilities Blackshaw Lane Cso 072fw into Middle Brook (River Croal) 15 spills, 25 hours in 2025
650 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 24 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (58 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Vernacare, Folds Road - Solar PV array Approved, not yet built · 710 kW
Jan 2025 Battery storage Union Court Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Oct 2021 Solar farm Seddon Construction, Plodder Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Churchill Unit Oncology Royal Bolton Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Bramble Croft, Chew Moor Lane - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Northern Building Plastics, Leadbeaters Lane - Solar Panels Planning application in · 180 kW
Aug 2024 Rooftop solar Leadbeaters Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Albion Mill, Cawdor Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 490 kW
Jun 2025 Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Pre-application Intermodal Logistics Park North Rail 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 Decided decided May 2015 Decided decided Aug 2014 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: Salford Road (rooftop solar, 2.1 km); Bolton TRF (energy from waste, 3.6 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.1 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 6.4 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 6.5 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.