Country England and Wales › Region Yorkshire and The Humber › Council Kirklees › Neighbourhood Cowlersley & Milnsbridge › Postcode HD7 5RD What's changing near HD7 5RD Within 2 km, around Cowlersley & Milnsbridge in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
57 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
954 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.0% like-for-like prices in Cowlersley & Milnsbridge, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
+11% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New school New school: Oak CofE Primary School Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 Planning permission Permission for 38 homes Taylor Valve Works, Dowker Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, HD3 4JX (full planning permission) Aug 2025 Planning permission Permission for 12 homes The Carlton Nursing Home, 25, Greenway, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, HD3 4RZ (full planning permission) Jul 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New school Mar 2025 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024
Oct 2024 Planning permission Permission for 7 homes Rose and Crown Inn, 132, Knowl Road, Golcar, Huddersfield, HD7 4AN (reserved matters approval) Sept 2024 Planning permission 9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
19 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in HD7 5RD itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2018 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 21 storm overflows within 2 km
1,380 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
467 spill events counted
Yorkshire Water Barber Row No 2 Cso into River Colne 72 spills, 351 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Yorkshire Water Leymoor Road Cso into Longwood Brook 76 spills, 215 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Yorkshire Water Titanic Mills Cso into River Colne 50 spills, 212 hours in 2025
800 m away Yorkshire Water Milnsbridge (Market Street) Cso into Longwood Brook 55 spills, 125 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Yorkshire Water Gordon Terrace Cso into River Colne 29 spills, 108 hours in 2025
950 m away Yorkshire Water Causeway Side 12 Cso into Culv'D Trib Of Hoyle House Brk 17 spills, 68 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Yorkshire Water Factory Lane Cso into Tributary Of The River Colne 23 spills, 61 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Yorkshire Water Stones Lane/Waingate Cso into Hoyle House Brook (Culverted) 9 spills, 42 hours in 2025
1.7 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 25 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (10 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Thornton And Ross, Manchester Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Yorkshire Building Society, Plover Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar David Brown Santasalo, Park Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar Continental Sports, Millgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Newsome Academy, Castle Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 660 kW
Feb 2023 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 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major, planned James Street, Huddersfield Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Mar 2027 Major James Street, Huddersfield Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Mar 2027 Major, planned Heath Road, Huddersfield Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Carr Top Lane, Huddersfield Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 Major Carr Top Lane, Huddersfield Utility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 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 Decided decided Sept 2025 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.