What's changing near FY1 2LN
Within 2 km, around Hoohill in Blackpool. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
101new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
27homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.7%like-for-like prices in Hoohill, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.1%)
-22%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
25 new homes completedflats · Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.7 km away - New schoolAug 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedflats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025
300 m away - School closed
School closed: Langdale Free SchoolFree schools, primary (closure)
Aug 2023
650 m away - Planning permissionJan 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permission
26homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
135since energy certificates began (2008)
1in FY1 2LN 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
0hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0spill events counted
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 6 running (26 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Unity College, Warbreck Hill Road - Solar PVApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Sept 2025
850 m away - Rooftop solar
Blackpool Victoria Hospital - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Mar 2024
2.5 km away - Battery storage
Bristol Avenue - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
May 2021
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2023
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
St Georges School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Dec 2025
4.2 km away - Solar farm
Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESSPlanning application in · 40 MW
Feb 2026
4.4 km away - Battery storage
Smithy Lane, Staining - Solar PV Panels & BESSPlanning application in · 40 MW
Feb 2026
4.4 km away - Battery storage
Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facilityApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2021
5.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Blackpool Police Divisional Headquarters - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Jun 2023
5.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores, Clifton Retail Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Dec 2025
5.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Talbot Road, BlackpoolUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Standard
Talbot Road, BlackpoolSection 50 · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 m away - Standard
Devonshire Road, BlackpoolSection 50 · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 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
- Decideddecided Apr 2020
6.2 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2026
6.9 km away - Decideddecided Jul 2015
9.7 km away - Pre-application
East Irish Sea Transmission ProjectElectric 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
20.8 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.
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, 5.8 km); Thornton Power Station (biomass, 6.6 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.5 km); Staining Wood Farm (solar farm, 8.1 km); Jameson Road (landfill gas, 8.3 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.