Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bolton › Neighbourhood Lostock & Ladybridge › Postcode BL1 5AZ What's changing near BL1 5AZ Within 2 km, around Lostock & Ladybridge in Bolton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
7 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.8% like-for-like prices in Lostock & Ladybridge, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.9%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New school Dec 2022 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.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 118 m²
10 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in BL1 5AZ 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 11 storm overflows within 2 km
622 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
263 spill events counted
United Utilities Chorley New/Devonshire Road Cso into Middle Brook 73 spills, 258 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities No 76 Middle Brook Cso into Middle Brook 94 spills, 160 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Regent Road (Bolton) Cso into Bessy Brook Via Sws 25 spills, 59 hours in 2025
1.1 km away United Utilities Ladybridge Lane Cso into Middle Brook 22 spills, 58 hours in 2025
800 m away United Utilities Gisburn Avenue Cso 071vo into Astley Brook 15 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Chorley New Road Cso 071js into Trib Of Middle Brook 12 spills, 20 hours in 2025
750 m away United Utilities Ladybridge Lane Cso into Middle Brook 4 spills, 16 hours in 2025
650 m away United Utilities Moss Bank Way/Chippings W into Astley Brook 8 spills, 13 hours in 2025
1.8 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 26 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (55 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Bramble Croft, Chew Moor Lane - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Tesco Superstore, Mansell Way - Solar Panels Planning application in · 1 MW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Tesco, Mansell Way Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Nov 2020 Battery storage Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 45 MW
Dec 2024 Solar farm Seddon Construction, Plodder Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Westhoughton Community Leisure Centre - Solar Photovoltaic System Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Sept 2021 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 Battery storage Ditchers Farm Approved, not yet built
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Lostock Junction Lane, Bolton Highway repair and maintenance works · BOLTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Middlebrook Drive, Bolton Remedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Pendennis Avenue, Bolton Remedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 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, 3.8 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.9 km); Bolton TRF (energy from waste, 5.3 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 6.1 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 6.4 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.