What's changing near FY4 1PJ
Within 2 km, around Squires Gate in Blackpool. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
1new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
9homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.9%like-for-like prices in Squires Gate, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.1%)
-15%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- Planning permission
Permission for 9 homesLand at former Hawes Side Clinic, Hawes Side Lane, Blackpool, FY4 5AJ (full planning permission) Aug 2022
2.0 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
10homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 35 m²
27since energy certificates began (2008)
0in FY4 1PJ 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
3storm overflows within 2 km
136hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
85spill events counted
- United Utilities
Squires Gate Laneinto Squires Gate Lane Dyke84 spills, 135 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Lennox Gate Pumping Stationinto Irish Sea · near bathing water: Blackpool South1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Harrowside Bridge Pumping Stationinto Irish Sea · near bathing water: Blackpool North; Blackpool Central; Blackpool South0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 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
19 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (15 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2023
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
St Georges School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Dec 2025
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
National Car Parks, St Georges Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 2025
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Blackpool Police Divisional Headquarters - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Jun 2023
4.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores, Clifton Retail Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Dec 2025
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Blackpool Vauxhall, Whitehills Business Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Jun 2026
4.5 km away - Battery storage
Peel Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
Sept 2023
4.8 km away - Solar farm
Peel Road Phase 2 - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 13 MW
Feb 2025
4.8 km away - Battery storage
West Moss Lane, Higher Ballam - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Apr 2025
5.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Blackpool Victoria Hospital - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Mar 2024
5.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Sept 2026
1.1 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2020
9.7 km away - Decideddecided Jul 2015
15.0 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
23.1 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: Staining Wood Farm (solar farm, 5.9 km); Land To The South Of Todderstaffe (solar farm, 7.6 km); Land off Moss Side Lane (solar farm, 7.9 km); Carr Farm (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.6 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.