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
23hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
13spill events counted
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Heswall Storage Tank Cso Heswallinto Estuarial Waters Of The River Dee6 spills, 17 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Unknowninto River Dee6 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Parkway Csointo Tributary Of River Dee1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Cedarway Pumping Stationinto River Dee0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Heswall Seabank Roadinto River Dee Estuary0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
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 10.6 km away
Decided
HyNet Carbon Dioxide PipelineOther Pipe-lines · From the Ince AGI in Cheshire, via Stanlow Refinery, to Talacre Beach in North Wales
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.
Running nearest: Aldi Distribution Centre - Neston (rooftop solar, 5.8 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 7.8 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.2 km); Kingspan (wind farm, 8.3 km); Flint Landfill Site Castle Park (solar farm, 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
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 23.9 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.