What's changing near CH49 8EE
Within 2 km, around Woodchurch in Wirral. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
27new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
13homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4%like-for-like prices in Woodchurch, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.3%)
-22%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025
950 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
900 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025
Mar 2025
1.8 km away - New schoolOct 2024
750 m away - New schoolJan 2024
1.7 km away - New schoolJun 2023
1.8 km away - Planning permissionOct 2021
1.7 km away - Planning permissionMar 2021
950 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
10since energy certificates began (2008)
0in CH49 8EE 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
5storm overflows within 2 km
441hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
120spill events counted
- United Utilities
Upton Storm Tanksinto River Fender · near bathing water: Wallasey19 spills, 194 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Arrowe Brook Lane Csointo Arrowe Brook A Trib Of The River Birket · near bathing water: Wallasey36 spills, 128 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Noctorum Avenue Cso 512ibinto River Fender58 spills, 95 hours in 2025
550 m away - United Utilities
Greasby Road/Cortsway Cso 511wqinto Arrowe Brook7 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Tbcinto River Fender0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
400 m 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
31 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (21 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
550 m away - Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Nov 2025
550 m away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026
2.5 km away - Solar farm
Murrayfield Hospital, Holmwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2023
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023
5.0 km away - Rooftop solar
St Marys College, Wallasey Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2025
5.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Port Of Liverpool Building, Mann Island - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2026
6.5 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
20 permitted works running now or planned, 18 of them major.
- Major
Noctorum Avenue, NoctorumUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Apr 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away - Major, planned
Sandalwood Drive, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026
800 m away - Major
Sandalwood Drive, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
800 m away - Major, planned
Sorrel Close, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026
850 m away - Major
Sorrel Close, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
850 m away - Major, planned
Anthorn Close, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Anthorn Close, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Birchview Way, NoctorumHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Beryl Road, NoctorumUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
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
6.0 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
13.5 km away - Decisionapplication due Q3 2025
15.8 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2024
16.5 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due April 2027
20.3 km away - Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester application due 30 May 202524.5 km away
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Bidston Moss Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Burbo Bank Energy Storage (battery storage, 4.2 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.3 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 7.6 km); Port of Liverpool - wind (wind farm, 9.5 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.
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.