What's changing near CH47 9SA
Within 2 km, around Great Meols in Wirral. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
2new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
12homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.8%like-for-like prices in Great Meols, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.3%)
-8%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- School closed
School closed: TLG WirralOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Dec 2022
1.9 km away - New school
New school: TLG WirralOther independent special school, other independent special school
Jul 2022
1.9 km away - Planning permissionJul 2021
1.6 km away - Planning permissionApr 2021
1.8 km away - School closed
School closed: Kingsmead SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2020
1.1 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
3homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
10since energy certificates began (2008)
1in CH47 9SA 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
7storm overflows within 2 km
1,142hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
237spill events counted
- United Utilities
North Wirral Wwtwinto River Birket164 spills, 833 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - United Utilities
Wastdale Drive Csointo Arrowe Brook · near bathing water: Moreton35 spills, 178 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Harrington Avenue Csointo Unnamed Trib Of Carr Drain A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey32 spills, 125 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - United Utilities
Garrick Avenue Csointo Arrowe Brook · near bathing water: Moreton3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Black Horse Hill Cso 511evinto Via A Surface Water Sewer To Newton Brook, A Tributary Of River Birket · near bathing water: West Kirby1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - United Utilities
Ennisdale Drive Csointo Newton Brook · near bathing water: West Kirby2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - United Utilities
Maryland Lane Csointo Arrowe Brook · near bathing water: Moreton0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 km 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
9 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (4 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Sept 2025
5.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Nov 2025
5.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025
5.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026
5.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023
5.9 km away - Rooftop solar
St Marys College, Wallasey Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2025
6.6 km away - Solar farm
Murrayfield Hospital, Holmwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2023
7.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026
7.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023
9.0 km away
Running nearest: Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.4 km); Burbo Bank Energy Storage (battery storage, 6.7 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.
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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. application due January 2028
9.8 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
9.8 km away - Decisionapplication due Q3 2025
18.1 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2024
18.3 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2023
21.1 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due April 202725.2 km away
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
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.