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
2storm overflows within 2 km
39hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
7spill events counted
Anglian Water
Halesworth Wrcinto The River Blyth Nt7 spills, 39 hours in 2025
950 m away
Anglian Water
Halesworth Wrcinto The River Blyth Nt0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
11 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (39 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Halesworth Middle School, Harrisons Lane - Micro Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 200 kW
Jun 2024 900 m away
Solar farm
Chediston Hall - 40MW Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 40 MW
Jun 2025 1.5 km away
Battery storage
Norwich Road Industrial EstateBeing built · 50 MW
Apr 2022 1.6 km away
Solar farm
Wissett Solar Farm, Wissett - Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Farm (Apple Tree)Approved, not yet built · 27 MW
Feb 2025 1.7 km away
Battery storage
Wissett Solar Farm, Wissett - Battery Storage (Apple Tree)Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
Feb 2025 1.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Spectra Packaging Solutions Limited, Antonine Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Sept 2023 1.9 km away
Solar farm
Earlsway Farm, Bramfield - Solar Pv SystemApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Feb 2024 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Home Farm, Halesworth Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Apr 2026 6.0 km away
Solar farm
Haw Wood, Thorington - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2024 6.6 km away
Solar farm
Redisham Hall Farm, School Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 42 MW
Jun 2025 9.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
9 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major, planned
Chediston Street, HalesworthNew service connection · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 300 m away
Major, planned
Chichester Road, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
Major
Chichester Road, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
Major, planned
Mount Pleasant, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Major
Mount Pleasant, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Standard
Norwich Road, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
Standard
Old Station Road, HalesworthUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Immediate - urgent
Chediston Street, HalesworthHighway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · No carriageway incursion
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 300 m away
Minor
Bramfield Road, HalesworthUtility asset works · BT · Two-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 700 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
LionLink InterconnectorElectric Lines · From the proposed Kiln Lane Substation near Friston, Suffolk to a landfall near Walberswick to the EEZ in the North Sea.
East Pye SolarGenerating Stations · The project is proposed as being built across multiple sites approximately 1,100 hectares (2,718 acres) in area, located south of Norwich and north of Harleston. The solar sites are concentrated east of Long Stratton, with an additional cluster located south of Great Moulton, approximately 6.5km to the southwest of the solar sites around Long Stratton.
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 Halesworth & Wangford: +18% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 110 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.5% in two years.
Reydon Ad Plant - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityApproved, not yet built
Jun 2025 9.7 km away
Running nearest: Chediston Hall Solar Park (solar farm, 2.2 km); Holton Airfield (solar farm, 2.6 km); Upper Holton Wind Farm (wind farm, 3.3 km); Reydon Farm (solar farm, 9.8 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.
application due March 2026 22.1 km away
Pre-application
Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and StorageTransfer of Water Resources · The project is located in East Anglia and covers a wide area given its linear nature. The
are a number of above ground assets alongside buried pipelines as represented in the
graphic below.
EcoPower Suffolk SolarGenerating Stations · On land near National Grid’s Yaxley electricity substation at Leys Lane, Yaxley, Suffolk, within the administrative area of Mid Suffolk District Council.
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.