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
9storm overflows within 2 km
2,471hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
383spill events counted
United Utilities
Birkenhead Wwtw Birkeinto Mersey Estuary · near bathing water: Moreton; Wallasey105 spills, 1,273 hours in 2025
600 m away
United Utilities
Wallasey Ww Pumping Stationinto River Mersey Estuary · near bathing water: Wallasey; Moreton164 spills, 769 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
United Utilities
Birkenhead Wwtw Birkeinto River Birket (Great Culvert - Downstream Length) · near bathing water: Moreton; Wallasey41 spills, 226 hours in 2025
600 m away
United Utilities
Wallasey Ww Pumping Stationinto River Mersey Estuary · near bathing water: Wallasey; Moreton48 spills, 139 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
United Utilities
Woodside Csointo River Mersey Estuary (Tidal) · near bathing water: Wallasey14 spills, 60 hours in 2025
550 m away
United Utilities
St Nicholas Storm Sewer Overflowinto Mersey Estuary · near bathing water: Wallasey7 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Gower St/Kings Dock Csointo Mersey Estuary4 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
United Utilities
Birkenhead Wwtw Birkeinto River Birket (Great Culvert -Downstream Length) / Mersey Estuary · near bathing water: Moreton; Wallasey0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
51 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (144 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023 600 m away
Rooftop solar
Port Of Liverpool Building, Mann Island - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2026 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 2.5 km away
Wind farm
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Mercedes-Benz, Pall Mall - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2022 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023 3.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco SuperstoreApproved, not yet built
Apr 2021 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
5 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major
Albion Street, BirkenheadUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 250 m away
Major, planned
St Anne Street, BirkenheadHighway improvement works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 550 m away
Major
St John Street, BirkenheadHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Major
Catherine Street, BirkenheadHighway improvement works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Minor
Tower Road, BirkenheadRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 400 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
Pre-application
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.
Jacksons Furniture, 106-116 St Pauls Road, Seacombe, CH44 7AW (full planning permission)
Jan 2022 1.8 km away
Planning permission
Permission for 31 homesGladstone Liberal Club, Dial Road, Tranmere, CH42 0LH (outline planning permission)
Dec 2021 2.0 km away
Planning permission
Permission for 651 homesLand to the north of Pyramids Shopping centre (incorporating land north and south of Conway Street, and north-west of Europa Boulevard), Birkenhead (outline planning permission)
Aug 2021 500 m away
New school
New school: Nazene Danielle School of Performing ArtsOther independent school, other independent school
Jul 2021 1.9 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 14 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Sainsburys, Jennifer Avenue - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Aug 2023 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Huskisson Dock Building, Huskisson Dock - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2024 4.2 km away
Running nearest: Burbo Bank Energy Storage (battery storage, 3.2 km); Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.3 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.9 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 5.7 km); Port of Liverpool - wind (wind farm, 6.2 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.
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 29.2 km away
Decided
Awel y Môr Offshore Wind FarmGenerating Stations · To the west of, and immediately adjacent to, the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm.
decided Sept 2023 29.7 km away
Pre-application
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 29.7 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.