What's changing near CH60 3RQ
Within 2 km, around Gayton & Lower Heswall in Wirral. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
38new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
24homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.7%like-for-like prices in Gayton & Lower Heswall, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.3%)
+1%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025
600 m away - Planning permissionAug 2021
1.7 km away - Planning permissionMar 2021
2.0 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 13 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 51 m²
23since energy certificates began (2008)
1in CH60 3RQ 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
6storm overflows within 2 km
40hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
19spill events counted
- Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
5 Dee Cottages Csointo Dee Estuary6 spills, 17 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Heswall Storage Tank Cso Heswallinto Estuarial Waters Of The River Dee6 spills, 17 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Unknowninto River Dee6 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Parkway Csointo Tributary Of River Dee1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
550 m away - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Cedarway Pumping Stationinto River Dee0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
250 m away - Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Heswall Seabank Roadinto River Dee Estuary0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 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
7 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (100 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Murrayfield Hospital, Holmwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2023
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Sept 2025
6.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Woodchurch High School, Carr Bridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Nov 2025
6.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026
6.9 km away - Battery storage
Biffa Waste Services, Dock Road South - Battery Storage UnitsApproved, not yet built
Dec 2022
7.7 km away - Hydrogen
Coleshill Manufacturing, Coleshill Street - Coleshill Green Hydrogen ProjectApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2024
8.2 km away - Battery storage
Deeside Power Station - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
Aug 2022
9.6 km away
Running nearest: Aldi Distribution Centre - Neston (rooftop solar, 4.7 km); Flint Landfill Site Castle Park (solar farm, 7.6 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 7.9 km); Kingspan (wind farm, 8.1 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.4 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
2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
- Major, planned
Dee Park Close, GaytonHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026
50 m away - Major
Dee Park Close, GaytonHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
50 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
- Decisionapplication due Q3 2025
9.0 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2024
9.7 km away - 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
11.3 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due April 2027
17.4 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
19.5 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 202523.3 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.