What's changing near HX3 7PN
Within 2 km, around Northowram & Shelf in Calderdale. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
8new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.1%like-for-like prices in Northowram & Shelf, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.8%)
-18%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New schoolSept 2020
500 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 6 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
14since energy certificates began (2008)
2in HX3 7PN itself
- Extendedcertificate 2015
- Extendedcertificate 2015
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
64hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
52spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Woodfall Shelf East 2 Csointo Brow Lane Sewer22 spills, 26 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Edge End Lane Csointo Blackshaw Beck16 spills, 23 hours in 2025
900 m away - Yorkshire Water
Hillcrest Road No 2 Csointo Trib Of Shibden Brook14 spills, 15 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
43 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (19 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Clayton Ce Primary School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2024
3.0 km away - Battery storage
Holmfield - Battery Energy StorageBeing built · 250 kW
Mar 2023
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Appleton Academy, Woodside Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2024
3.4 km away - Battery storage
Holmfield Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 500 MW
May 2025
3.7 km away - Biomass
Ernest Gill And Son, Holmfield Industrial Estate - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Sept 2022
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Sedbergh Sports and Leisure Centre - Solar PV InstallationBeing built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
3.7 km away - Battery storage
Holmfield Industrial Estate - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
St Matthews CE Primary School, Ivy House Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
Jun 2026
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
St James Church Primary School, Chelwood Drive - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2024
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Wade Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 840 kW
Jun 2026
4.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- 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
16.4 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.
Running nearest: Ovenden Moor (Repower) (wind farm, 8.0 km); Morrisons, Bradford Road, Idle - Solar PV Panels (rooftop solar, 9.3 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.