Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bury › Neighbourhood Walmersley & Limefield › Postcode BL9 6PQ What's changing near BL9 6PQ Within 2 km, around Walmersley & Limefield in Bury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
246 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
42 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.4% like-for-like prices in Walmersley & Limefield, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 18 flats, 8 houses · May 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
37 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in BL9 6PQ 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 6 storm overflows within 2 km
130 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
97 spill events counted
United Utilities Burnley Road Cso 099bl into Walmersley Brook 67 spills, 101 hours in 2025
1.5 km away United Utilities Seedfield Secondary Modern Schl Cso into Unnamed Trib Of River Irwell 24 spills, 21 hours in 2025
550 m away United Utilities Woodhill Road Cso 092jp into Woodhill Brook 5 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Kingfisher Drive Cso 092bs into Clvrtd Section Gypsy Brook 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.0 km away United Utilities Off Walmersley Road Cso 092jl into Pigs Lea Brook Trib Rvr Irwell 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
850 m away United Utilities 807 Walmersley Road (Bury) Cso into Walmersely Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 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 27 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (111 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar The Food Warehouse Iceland, Pilsworth Road -Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Heywood Sports Village - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Aug 2021 Battery storage The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 57 MW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Chamber House Being built · 4 MW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Norden Community School - Solar PV Systems Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2021 Rooftop solar Park 17 Industrial Estate - Solar PV Array Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Health Club, Heywood Old Road - Solar Panel Approved, not yet built · 550 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Spotland Stadium, Sandy Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 39 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major, planned Hornby Street, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Multi-way signals
Dec 2026 to Jan 2027 Major Hornby Street, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Multi-way signals
Dec 2026 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Chesham Road, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Multi-way signals
Dec 2026 to Jan 2027 Major Chesham Road, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Brookshaw Street, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Brookshaw Street, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Walmersley Road, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Delamere Street, Bury Utility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Decided decided Nov 2022 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 Pre-application Calderdale Energy Park Generating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026 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: Lascar Works (battery storage, 1.2 km); Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 3.4 km); Pilsworth Landfill Site (other, 3.7 km); Scout Moor Windfarm (wind farm, 6.9 km); Rossendale Power (landfill gas, 8.5 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.