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
75hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
11spill events counted
United Utilities
Trunnah Road Pumping Stationinto Royals Brook · near bathing water: Cleveleys11 spills, 75 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
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 Thornton West: +32% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 200 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +3.8% in two years.
Weeton Barracks, Grantham Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 700 kW
Feb 2025 8.3 km away
Solar farm
Foxfield Nurseries, School Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jul 2025 8.6 km away
Running nearest: Thornton Power Station (biomass, 1.2 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 1.3 km); Jameson Road (landfill gas, 2.3 km); Fleetwood Water Treatment Works (rooftop solar, 2.9 km); Land To The South Of Todderstaffe (solar farm, 7.5 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Major
Halton Avenue Pt 3, Thornton CleveleysUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Jan 2027 900 m away
Major
Brook Grove, Thornton CleveleysUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 950 m away
Major
Kent Avenue, Thornton CleveleysUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 950 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.