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
1storm overflows within 2 km
60hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
14spill events counted
United Utilities
Woodside Csointo River Mersey Estuary (Tidal) · near bathing water: Wallasey14 spills, 60 hours in 2025
48 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (144 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026 1.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023 1.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023 2.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Sept 2025 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Nov 2025 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Port Of Liverpool Building, Mann Island - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2026 3.3 km away
Rooftop solar
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 3.6 km away
Wind farm
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 3.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
9 permitted works running now or planned, 7 of them major.
Major
Grange Road West, BirkenheadHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 300 m away
Major
Catherine Street, BirkenheadHighway improvement works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 550 m away
Major, planned
Willmer Road, TranmereHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 550 m away
Major
Willmer Road, TranmereHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 550 m away
Major
Willmer Road, TranmereUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 550 m away
Major
Claughton Green, OxtonHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 700 m away
Major
St John Street, BirkenheadHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
Standard
Jarrow Close, OxtonNew service connection · MANWEB · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 800 m away
Standard
Fairview Road, OxtonHighway improvement works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 950 m away
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.
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 950 m away
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.
Rooftop solar
Mercedes-Benz, Pall Mall - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2022 4.0 km away
Rooftop solar
St Marys College, Wallasey Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2025 4.4 km away
Running nearest: Burbo Bank Energy Storage (battery storage, 3.0 km); Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.2 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 5.8 km); Port of Liverpool - wind (wind farm, 7.1 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.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
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 28.3 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.