Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Blackpool › Neighbourhood North East Centre › Postcode FY1 2EB What's changing near FY1 2EB Within 2 km, around North East Centre in Blackpool. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
139 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
20 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.9% like-for-like prices in North East Centre, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.1%)
-13% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Aug 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed flats · Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 19 new homes completed 3 flats, 16 houses · Dec 2024 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New school Aug 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 15 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 School closed School closed: Langdale Free School Free schools, primary (closure)
Aug 2023 Planning permission 30 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
189 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in FY1 2EB itself
Extended certificate 2019 Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2014 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
238 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
42 spill events counted
United Utilities Manchester Square Ps into Irish Sea · near bathing water: Blackpool North; Blackpool Central; Blackpool South; Bispham 42 spills, 238 hours in 2025
2.0 km away United Utilities Gynn Square into Irish Sea 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
900 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 23 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (31 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Unity College, Warbreck Hill Road - Solar PV Approved, not yet built · 240 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Blackpool Victoria Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2023 Battery storage Bristol Avenue - Battery Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
May 2021 Rooftop solar St Georges School - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Dec 2025 Solar farm Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS Planning application in · 40 MW
Feb 2026 Battery storage Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESS Planning application in · 40 MW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Blackpool Police Divisional Headquarters - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Tesco Stores, Clifton Retail Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facility Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2021 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Platt Street, Blackpool Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Grosvenor Street, Blackpool Highway improvement works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Talbot Road, Blackpool Section 50 · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Devonshire Road, Blackpool Section 50 · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Talbot Road, Blackpool Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Rear Devonshire Road And Manchester Road, Blackpool New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Talbot Road, Blackpool New service connection · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Fisher Street, Blackpool Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2026 Decided decided Apr 2020 Decided decided Jul 2015 Pre-application East Irish Sea Transmission Project Electric Lines · The area of Irish Sea in English waters and a land fall area reaching from Crosby at the southern end, to Fleetwood at the northern end and Penwortham at the Eastern extent application due March 2029 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.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Land To The South Of Todderstaffe (solar farm, 5.7 km); Thornton Power Station (biomass, 7.2 km); Staining Wood Farm (solar farm, 7.6 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.1 km); Jameson Road (landfill gas, 9.0 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.