What's changing near HD9 5RS
Within 2 km, around Meltham in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
20new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.8%like-for-like prices in Meltham, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-6%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · May 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025
900 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025
2.0 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
2homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 73 m²
2since energy certificates began (2008)
2in HD9 5RS itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2025
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
3storm overflows within 2 km
1,137hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
135spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Meltham Stwinto Mag Brook78 spills, 1,007 hours in 2025
850 m away - Yorkshire Water
Meltham Csointo Meltham Dike37 spills, 88 hours in 2025
850 m away - Yorkshire Water
Mean Bridge Csointo Meltham Dike20 spills, 41 hours in 2025
1.2 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
20 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 PanelsApproved, not yet built · 510 kW
Jul 2023
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
David Brown Santasalo, Park Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Oct 2022
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Newsome Academy, Castle Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2026
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Continental Sports, Millgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Apr 2023
4.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Yorkshire Building Society, Plover Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jul 2023
5.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Mar 2026
6.0 km away - Rooftop solar
University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2025
6.1 km away - Rooftop solar
University Of Huddersfield, Queensgate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 660 kW
Feb 2023
6.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jul 2024
6.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Cummins Turbo Technologies, St Andrews Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 930 kW
Jul 20236.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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
19.4 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
26.1 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2025
28.3 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.