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
8storm overflows within 2 km
281hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
172spill events counted
United Utilities
Leasowe Road Csointo Bidston Stream · near bathing water: Wallasey53 spills, 91 hours in 2025
450 m away
United Utilities
Sandy Lane Csointo Bidston Stream, A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey61 spills, 78 hours in 2025
450 m away
United Utilities
Wallacre Road Csointo Bidston Stream A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey31 spills, 56 hours in 2025
800 m away
United Utilities
Bidston By-Pass Csointo River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey13 spills, 47 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
United Utilities
Station Rd Combined Sewer Overflowinto Bidston Stream · near bathing water: Wallasey6 spills, 4 hours in 2025
800 m away
United Utilities
Wallacre Road/Beaufort Drive Csointo Bidston Stream, A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey4 spills, 3 hours in 2025
800 m away
United Utilities
Stanley Avenue/Green Lane Csointo Bidston Stream A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
650 m away
United Utilities
Beechwood Avenue Csointo Bidston Stream · near bathing water: Wallasey1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
43 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (140 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
St Marys College, Wallasey Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2025 750 m away
Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023 4.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Huskisson Dock Building, Huskisson Dock - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2024 4.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Temp Control Building - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024 4.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Bulk Powder Terminals, Regent Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Feb 2024 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Sept 2025 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Nov 2025 5.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Longacre Close, Wallasey VillageHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 300 m away
Standard
Moorcroft Road, Wallasey VillageDisconnection or alteration of supply · MANWEB · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 200 m away
Minor
Ponsonby Road, Wallasey VillageRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 550 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.
Steel Terminal, Royal Seaforth Dock - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024 5.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Mercedes-Benz, Pall Mall - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2022 5.5 km away
Running nearest: Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 1.3 km); Burbo Bank Energy Storage (battery storage, 1.7 km); Royal Seaforth Dock Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.4 km); Port of Liverpool - wind (wind farm, 5.6 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 9.7 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.
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
application due 30 May 2025 26.2 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 26.9 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.