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
20storm overflows within 2 km
1,024hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
418spill events counted
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Dee Lane Csointo River Dee58 spills, 234 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Chester Wastewater Treatment Worksinto Esturial Waters Of The River Dee26 spills, 149 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Little Roodee Csointo River Dee36 spills, 109 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
The Dingle Chester Csointo Tributary Of The River Dee66 spills, 82 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
The Groves Csointo River Dee34 spills, 81 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Deva Terrace Csointo River Dee44 spills, 79 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Chester Weir (South Bank) Csointo River Dee20 spills, 73 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Cso At Chester Stwinto Esturial Waters Of The River Dee28 spills, 56 hours in 2025
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 2027 22.5 km away
Pre-application
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 Chester City & Garden Quarter: +10% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.1% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 16 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Electricity Substation, Bellevue Lane - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 40 MW
May 2025 3.4 km away
Solar farm
Wervin Road, Wervin - Solar PV PanelsPlanning application in · 4 MW
Apr 2026 4.4 km away
Running nearest: Huntington Water Treatment Works (solar farm, 4.0 km); Gowy Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Gowy Landfill Site, Cheshire (Extension) (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Longlooms Road East - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 6.7 km); National Grid Electricity Substation, Capenhurst Lane - Battery Storage (battery storage, 7.3 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.
Standard
St Oswalds Way, ChesterHighway repair and maintenance works · CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 650 m away
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St Anne Street, ChesterHighway repair and maintenance works · CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
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Hoole Way, ChesterHighway repair and maintenance works · CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Mersey Tidal Power ProjectGenerating Stations · This will be an in-river proposal, located within the Mersey Riverine
environment. The Project will be located towards the mouth of the River
Mersey, between the Wirral on the west and Liverpool to the east.
application due January 2028 24.0 km away
Pre-application
Peak Cluster CCS PipelineOther Pipe-lines · A carbon dioxide transport pipeline network connecting carbon capture sites in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire to a coastal location on the Wirral peninsula
application due September 2027 28.6 km away
Pre-application
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1Underground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, Cheshire, approximately 3km due West of the M6 and 3km North of Junction 18. This area is bounded to the west by the A530 (King Street) and to the east by the B5081.The Gas Processing Plant (GPP) will be located approximately 369886 East, 370226 North.
application due April 2027 29.6 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.