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
1storm overflows within 2 km
174hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
21 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (78 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Frederick Gough School, Grange Lane South - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Nov 2022 3.6 km away
Solar farm
Sand Lane Solar FarmPlanning application in · 20 MW
Jun 2025 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Lakeside Retail Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jan 2026 4.7 km away
Rooftop solar
WM Morrison Supermarkets - Solar PhotovoltaicsApproved, not yet built · 620 kW
Jun 2022 4.8 km away
Rooftop solar
John Leggott College, West Common Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jun 2023 5.2 km away
Solar farm
Little Crow Solar ParkApproved, not yet built · 150 MW
Apr 2022 5.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Church Lane - Solar CanopyApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
May 2025 6.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 150 kW
Sept 2025 6.7 km away
Solar farm
Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens - Solar CanopyApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jan 2026 6.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Scunthorpe General Hospital, Cliff Gardens - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 330 kW
Dec 2025 6.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Holme Lane, MessinghamUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 750 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
Decided
Little Crow Solar ParkGenerating Stations · Land located 0.6km to the east of the British Steel site at Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN16 1XP
decided Apr 2022 7.4 km away
Decided
Keadby 3 Carbon Capture Power StationGenerating Stations · Land at the Keadby Power Station Site, Trentside, Keadby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, DN17 3EF
Tillbridge Solar ProjectGenerating Stations · Land east and south-east of Gainsborough, south of A631 and west of B1398.
decided Oct 2025 15.4 km away
Acceptance
North Humber to High MarnhamElectric Lines · The Project would establish a new 400 kilovolt (kV) transmission connection approximately 90 kilometres(km) in length between a new substation to be built in the vicinity of Birkhill Wood, located to the north of Hull near Creyke Beck in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a new substation at High Marnham in Nottinghamshire.
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Messingham & Scawby: +30% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.9% in two years.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
application due October 2026 16.0 km away
Pre-application
Humber Carbon Capture PipelineOther Pipe-lines · Linear route extending from Drax (North Yorkshire) to Easington (East Riding of Yorkshire).
application due February 2027 19.6 km away
Decided
Cottam Solar ProjectGenerating Stations · Cottam 1 land parcel located to the east of Willingham by Stow, Normanby by Stow and Stow.
decided Sept 2024 19.6 km away
Recommendation
Tween Bridge Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land either side of the M180, High Level Banks (the A18) and the Stainforth and Keadby Canal
application due July 2025 19.9 km away
Decided
West Burton C power station Generating Stations · Within the wider West Burton Power station site, approximately 3.5km to the south of Gainsborough
decided Oct 2020 20.5 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.