Country England and Wales › Region Yorkshire and The Humber › Council Kirklees › Neighbourhood Almondbury & Waterloo › Postcode HD5 8LX What's changing near HD5 8LX Within 2 km, around Almondbury & Waterloo in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
64 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
21 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.9% like-for-like prices in Almondbury & Waterloo, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-0% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New school New school: All Hallows CofE Primary Academy Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 Planning permission Nov 2025 Planning permission Permission for 5 homes The Co Operative Food, 19, Northgate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8RX (full planning permission) Feb 2025 New homes 28 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New school Sept 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 38 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in HD5 8LX 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 16 storm overflows within 2 km
1,172 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
360 spill events counted
Yorkshire Water Waterloo Road No2 Cso into Round Wood Beck 69 spills, 386 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Yorkshire Water Fenay Bridge Tank Cso into Fenay Beck 30 spills, 146 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water Colne Road Cso into River Colne 37 spills, 117 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Yorkshire Water Fenay Lane Cso into Fenay Beck 31 spills, 107 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Yorkshire Water Newsome Road Cso into River Colne 40 spills, 91 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Yorkshire Water Daisy Street Cso into River Colne 31 spills, 89 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Yorkshire Water Anchor Street Cso into River Colne 34 spills, 63 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Yorkshire Water Dalton Wakefield Road Cso into Round Wood Beck 28 spills, 49 hours in 2025
2.0 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 31 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (10 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 660 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jul 2024 Rooftop solar Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 930 kW
Jul 2023 Solar farm Cummins Turbo Technology, St Andrews Road - Solar PV Canopies Planning application in
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar John Smiths Stadium, Huddersfield Town - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Newsome Academy, Castle Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Huddersfield Town Sports Academy, Leeds Road - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar United Anodisers, Red Doles Lane - Solar Panels Being built · 310 kW
Mar 2023 Rooftop solar David Brown Santasalo, Park Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Oct 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major Hulbert Croft, Huddersfield Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Fenay Lane, Huddersfield Utility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Fenay Lane, Huddersfield Utility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Southfield Road, Huddersfield Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Nov 2022 Pre-application Calderdale Energy Park Generating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026 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.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.