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
345hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
56spill events counted
United Utilities
Skippool Pumping Stationinto River Wyre Estuary · near bathing water: Fleetwood45 spills, 270 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
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 East & Carleton West: +34% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.8% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Weeton Barracks, Grantham Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 700 kW
Feb 2025 6.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Marton Mere Holiday Village, Mythop Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2023 8.2 km away
Running nearest: Thornton Power Station (biomass, 1.0 km); Thornton Waste Recovery Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 2.7 km); Jameson Road (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Fleetwood Water Treatment Works (rooftop solar, 4.3 km); Land To The South Of Todderstaffe (solar farm, 5.9 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.