What's changing near BL8 4DJ

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New school
  New school: Hazlehurst Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led, primary
  Mar 2024
  1.4 km away
• New school
  New school: Summerseat Methodist Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led, primary
  Dec 2020
  1.5 km away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Longsight Road: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Brandlesholme Road: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Tor Avenue: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Beech Grove: 1 home extended since 2021
• Sandringham Drive: 1 home extended since 2021
• Springfield Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Westgate Avenue: 1 home extended since 2021
• Oak Avenue: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  19, Sandringham Drive77 m² → 142 m² (+65 m²)
  certificate 2025
• Extended
  18, Sandringham Drive91 m² → 111 m² (+20 m²)
  certificate 2020
• Extended
  14, Sandringham Drive58 m² → 139 m² (+81 m²)
  certificate 2018
• Extended
  16, Sandringham Drive66 m² → 153 m² (+87 m²)
  certificate 2017
• Extended
  34, Sandringham Drive128 m² → 172 m² (+44 m²)
  certificate 2016

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

• United Utilities
  Peel Hall Cso (Bry0140)into River Irwell88 spills, 260 hours in 2025
  700 m away
• United Utilities
  New Street Combined Sewer Overflowinto Black Brook68 spills, 171 hours in 2025
  1.7 km away
• United Utilities
  Nuttall Hall Road Csointo River Irwell45 spills, 163 hours in 2025
  1.8 km away
• United Utilities
  Off Brandlesholme Rd (Mh12) Csointo Kirklees Brook31 spills, 76 hours in 2025
  950 m away
• United Utilities
  Railway Street Csointo River Irwell29 spills, 63 hours in 2025
  800 m away
• United Utilities
  Peel Hall Drive Csointo River Irwell13 spills, 25 hours in 2025
  800 m away
• United Utilities
  9 Turton Road Cso (Bry0138)into Unnamed Tributary Of Kirklees Brook2 spills, 2 hours in 2025
  1.4 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

16 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (110 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Rooftop solar
  Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Feb 2024
  6.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  The Food Warehouse Iceland, Pilsworth Road -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
  Jan 2026
  6.6 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
  Apr 2026
  7.0 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
  May 2026
  7.0 km away
• Battery storage
  Union Court Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 5 MW
  Oct 2021
  7.1 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Vernacare, Folds Road - Solar PV arrayApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
  Jan 2025
  7.5 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Heywood Sports Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
  Aug 2021
  7.6 km away
• Battery storage
  The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 57 MW
  Apr 2024
  7.6 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Norden Community School - Solar PV SystemsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
  Aug 2021
  8.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 11 MW
  Nov 2025
  8.6 km away

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.

• Major
  Pot Green, RamsbottomNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Road closure
  Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
  750 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

• Decided
  M60/M62/M66 Simister IslandHighways · M60 Junction 18, three miles south of Bury.
  decided Sept 2025
  9.7 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
  25.8 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
  26.8 km away
• Decided
  A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme)Highways · Within Tameside MBC and Derbyshire CC, 9miles east of Manchester, 2miles west of the Peak District
  decided Nov 2022
  28.5 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.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Summerseat: +28% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -2.2% in two years.
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