Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bolton › Neighbourhood Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting › Postcode BL1 8RT What's changing near BL1 8RT Within 2 km, around Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting in Bolton. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
327 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.7% like-for-like prices in Astley Bridge & Waters Meeting, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.9%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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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 school Sept 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 21 new homes completed flats · Oct 2024 – Nov 2024
1 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 16 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in BL1 8RT 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 30 storm overflows within 2 km
1,639 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
645 spill events counted
United Utilities Birtenshaw Farm Cso into Eagley Brook 98 spills, 484 hours in 2025
1.5 km away United Utilities Tonge Bridge Way Cso 0780nn (Bol0244) into River Tonge 83 spills, 191 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Astley Bridge Cso 071wp into Astley Brook 47 spills, 183 hours in 2025
700 m away United Utilities Waters Meeting Road Cso 073kz into River Tonge 55 spills, 166 hours in 2025
300 m away United Utilities Bridge Street Bow Street Cso into Cvrt Sec Middle Brook Trib R R 63 spills, 119 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Crown Street Cso 071qi into Croal Minor 78 spills, 98 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Royal Oak Cso 07039 into Bradshaw Brook 25 spills, 91 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Old Eagley Cso 073dm into Eagley Brook 35 spills, 90 hours in 2025
1.7 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 22 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (70 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Union Court Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar Vernacare, Folds Road - Solar PV array Approved, not yet built · 710 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Churchill Unit Oncology Royal Bolton Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Albion Mill, Cawdor Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 490 kW
Jun 2025 Solar farm Seddon Construction, Plodder Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
May 2025 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 Battery storage Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Oct 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 16 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned Kentfield Drive, Bolton Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Kentfield Drive, Bolton Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Glaisdale Street, Bolton New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Glaisdale Street, Bolton New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Eagley Brook Way, Bolton New service connection · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Britannia Way, Bolton Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Ventnor Avenue, Bolton New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Standard Castle Hill Street, Bolton New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Tonge Moor Road, Bolton Disconnection or alteration of supply · SP Electricity North West · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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, 1.9 km); Bolton TRF (energy from waste, 3.4 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.4 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.6 km); Lascar Works (battery storage, 8.3 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.