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
2storm overflows within 2 km
305hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
48spill events counted
United Utilities
Manchester Square Psinto Irish Sea · near bathing water: Blackpool North; Blackpool Central; Blackpool South; Bispham42 spills, 238 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
Manhole N20 E Park Dr Cso/Sp Dr Psinto Marton Mere Via Main Dyke (Culverted) · near bathing water: Blackpool North6 spills, 67 hours in 2025
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 20.6 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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Central Blackpool: +12% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -3.2% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facilityApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2021 5.3 km away
Battery storage
Peel Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
Sept 2023 5.5 km away
Running nearest: Land To The South Of Todderstaffe (solar farm, 5.1 km); Staining Wood Farm (solar farm, 6.6 km); Thornton Power Station (biomass, 7.8 km); Land off Moss Side Lane (solar farm, 8.5 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.9 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Minor
Fisher Street, BlackpoolUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Minor
Talbot Road, BlackpoolNew service connection · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.