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
2.0 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Unknowninto River Dee6 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Parkway Csointo Tributary Of River Dee1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Gayton Cedarway Pumping Stationinto River Dee0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Heswall Seabank Roadinto River Dee Estuary0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
12 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (16 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 2.4 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
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Woodchurch Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Apr 2026 5.8 km away
Battery storage
Biffa Waste Services, Dock Road South - Battery Storage UnitsApproved, not yet built
Dec 2022 7.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Valley Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023 8.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco, Bidston Link Road, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2025 8.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco Pharmacy, Bidston - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2026 8.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Tipographic, Morpeth Wharf - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
May 2023 9.2 km away
Hydrogen
Coleshill Manufacturing, Coleshill Street - Coleshill Green Hydrogen ProjectApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 20249.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Rocky Lane, HeswallHighway repair and maintenance works · WIRRAL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 650 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.
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.
Rooftop solar
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 9.7 km away
Wind farm
HMS Eaglet, Sefton Street - Wind Turbine & Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Sept 2022 9.7 km away
Running nearest: Aldi Distribution Centre - Neston (rooftop solar, 5.8 km); Bromborough Dock (landfill gas, 7.5 km); Bromborough Dock Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.9 km); Kingspan (wind farm, 8.6 km); Flint Landfill Site Castle Park (solar farm, 8.7 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.
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 24.1 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.