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
6storm overflows within 2 km
793hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
193spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Halifax Copley Stwinto River Calder And Hebble Brook89 spills, 430 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Bailiff Bridge Csointo Not Matched In Ea Consents Database62 spills, 311 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Dark Lane No 2 Csointo Tributary Of The River Calder32 spills, 40 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Yorkshire Water
King Street Csointo Hebble Brook7 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
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Sedburgh Road Csointo Hebble Brook2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Yorkshire Water
Sso At Farrow Mill Lane, Halifaxinto Hebble Brook1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
38 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (28 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Eureka, Discovery Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2024 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Wade Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 840 kW
Jun 2026 2.0 km away
Battery storage
Ashday Hall Farm, Ashday Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 65 MW
Mar 2025 2.0 km away
Battery storage
Stainland Road, Salterhebble - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Sept 2021 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Lowfields Business Park, Lowfields Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 620 kW
Aug 2023 2.3 km away
Battery storage
Lowfields Energy Storage ProjectApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2023 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Spire Elland Hospital - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Appleton Academy, Woodside Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Nov 2024 5.4 km away
Battery storage
Holmfield - Battery Energy StorageBeing built · 250 kW
Mar 2023 5.6 km away
Battery storage
Holmfield Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 500 MW
May 2025 5.7 km away
Biomass
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
West Lane, HalifaxDisconnection or alteration of supply · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 650 m away
Standard
Higgin Lane, HalifaxNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 650 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
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 17.5 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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Southowram & Siddal: +37% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -1.1% in two years.