What's changing near HD5 8PG
Within 2 km, around Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
56new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
199homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.5%like-for-like prices in Moldgreen & Ravensknowle Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-23%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New school
New school: All Hallows CofE Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027
950 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
23 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
16 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
2.0 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 5 homesThe Co Operative Food, 19, Northgate, Almondbury, Huddersfield, HD5 8RX (full planning permission) Feb 2025
600 m away - Planning permissionNov 2022
1.5 km away - New schoolSept 2020
200 m away
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.
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
18since energy certificates began (2008)
1in HD5 8PG 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
18storm overflows within 2 km
1,705hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
452spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Waterloo Road No2 Csointo Round Wood Beck69 spills, 386 hours in 2025
1.0 km away - Yorkshire Water
Dalton Ici North No 2 Csointo Lees Head Beck65 spills, 326 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Fenay Bridge Tank Csointo Fenay Beck30 spills, 146 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Yorkshire Water
Dalton Ici South Csointo Lees Hd Beck Trib Colne/Calder22 spills, 136 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Yorkshire Water
Dalton Green Lane Csointo Calder52 spills, 117 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Yorkshire Water
Colne Road Csointo River Colne37 spills, 117 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Fenay Lane Csointo Fenay Beck31 spills, 107 hours in 2025
1.3 km away - Yorkshire Water
Daisy Street Csointo River Colne31 spills, 89 hours in 2025
1.8 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
32 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (10 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jul 2024
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 930 kW
Jul 2023
2.1 km away - Solar farm
Cummins Turbo Technology, St Andrews Road - Solar PV CanopiesPlanning application in
Mar 2026
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 660 kW
Feb 2023
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2025
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
John Smiths Stadium, Huddersfield Town - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Sept 2025
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Huddersfield Town Sports Academy, Leeds Road - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Sept 2025
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
United Anodisers, Red Doles Lane - Solar PanelsBeing built · 310 kW
Mar 2023
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Newsome Academy, Castle Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2026
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Ellis Hill Trading Estate, Leeds Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jul 20243.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
- Major
Hulbert Croft, HuddersfieldUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
350 m away - Major, planned
Fenay Lane, HuddersfieldUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
950 m away - Major
Fenay Lane, HuddersfieldUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
950 m away - Standard
Southfield Road, HuddersfieldUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Nov 2022
26.4 km away - Pre-application
Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026
27.1 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.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.