Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Cumberland › Neighbourhood Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle › Postcode CA28 8AE What's changing near CA28 8AE Within 2 km, around Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle in Cumberland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
179 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.8% like-for-like prices in Whitehaven Harbour & Corkickle, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.4%)
-10% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jun 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 29 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 17 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 16 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in CA28 8AE 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 9 storm overflows within 2 km
246 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
171 spill events counted
United Utilities Meadow Rd Cso 023a8 into A Culverted Section Of Pow Beck (Via A Surface Water Sewer) · near bathing water: St Bees 19 spills, 74 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Winston Drive Hensingham Cso 02632 into Snebra Beck 30 spills, 44 hours in 2025
700 m away United Utilities Grisedale Close Cso into Pow Beck · near bathing water: St Bees 18 spills, 40 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities West Strand Pumping Station into Irish Sea 59 spills, 29 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Lattrigg Rd Cso 022cj into Culverted Section Of Pow Beck Via A Surface Water Sewer · near bathing water: St Bees 18 spills, 29 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Esk Avenue Mirehouse Cso into Un-Named Trib Of Pow Beck 16 spills, 17 hours in 2025
200 m away United Utilities Croasdale Avenue Cso into Pow Beck 9 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Snebra Whitehaven Cso 023b2 into Trib Of Pow Beck 2 spills, 1 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 11 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (36 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar J Dixon And Sons, Lowther Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar Whitehaven Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Woodend And Moor Row, Egremont - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Dec 2025 Wind farm Highfield Farm, St Bees - Wind Turbine Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Oct 2025 Battery storage Cleator Energy Storage Facility Extension Planning application in · 5 MW
Jan 2026 Wind farm Stubsgill Farm, Distington - Wind Turbine Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Distington Materials Recycling Facility, Pittwood Road - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Blackwood Road, Lillyhall - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2022 Solar farm Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 150 MW
Jul 2026 Battery storage Dean Moor Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built
Jul 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Jericho Road, Whitehaven Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Catherine Street, Whitehaven Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard The Gardens, Whitehaven New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Catherine Street, Whitehaven New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Catherine Street, Whitehaven Utility asset works · Fibrus Networks GB Ltd · Two-way signals
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 Dean Moor Solar Farm Generating Stations · Site located primarily to the west of the A5086 at Branthwaite Edge, and approximately 6.5 KM south decided Jul 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: Cleator (battery storage, 5.2 km); Fairfield Farm (wind farm, 5.6 km); Lowca Wind Farm (wind farm, 6.3 km); Distington Landfill (landfill gas, 8.3 km); Potato Pot Wind Farm (wind farm, 8.4 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.