Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Blackpool › Neighbourhood Hoohill › Postcode FY3 7HZ What's changing near FY3 7HZ Within 2 km, around Hoohill in Blackpool. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
105 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
27 homes 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
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Aug 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed flats · Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New school Jun 2025 School closed School closed: Langdale Free School Free schools, primary (closure)
Aug 2023 School closed School closed: Lancashire Early Alternative Provision Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2023 New school New school: Lancashire Early Alternative Provision Other independent school, other independent school
22 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
80 since energy certificates began (2008)
4 in FY3 7HZ itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2019 Extended certificate 2013 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
11 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
15 spill events counted
United Utilities Ravenswood Cso 52568 into Horsebridge Dyke (Via A Sw Sewer) · near bathing water: Fleetwood 15 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Gynn Square into Irish Sea 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.4 km 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 Battery storage Bristol Avenue - Battery Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
May 2021 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 Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar St Georges School - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Cocker Avenue - Energy storage facility Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2021 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 Road and street works within 1 km 12 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Talbot Road, Blackpool New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Rodwell Walk, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Talbot Road, Blackpool Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Dingle Avenue, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Baines Avenue, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Adstone Avenue, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Devonshire Road, Blackpool Section 50 · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Poulton Old Road, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Argosy Avenue, Blackpool Highway repair and maintenance works · BLACKPOOL BOROUGH COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Apr 2020 Decided decided Sept 2026 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, 4.8 km); Thornton Power Station (biomass, 6.1 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.1 km); Staining Wood Farm (solar farm, 7.5 km); Jameson Road (landfill gas, 8.0 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.