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
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
68 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (138 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Hawthorne RoadBeing built · 20 MW
Mar 2022 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
SCS Lighting & Renewables, Aintree - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 340 kW
Jun 2022 2.0 km away
Battery storage
Jeffrey Humble Playing Fields, Long Lane - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 2.2 km away
Battery storage
Heysham Box, Leckwith Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2022 2.3 km away
Battery storage
Heysham Box, Leckwith Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Litherland High School, Sterrix Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Sept 2025 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Multiuser 4 Building - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2024 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Multiuser 1 Building, Regent Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2024 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Royal Seaforth Dock, New Jenkins Sheds - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Feb 2024 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Multiuser 5 Building, Royal Seaforth Dock - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024 3.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned
Moss Lane, LiverpoolHighway improvement works · LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 50 m away
Major
Moss Lane, LiverpoolHighway improvement works · LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 50 m away
Major, planned
Wensley Road, LiverpoolUtility repair and maintenance works · MANWEB · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 450 m away
Major
Wensley Road, LiverpoolUtility repair and maintenance works · MANWEB · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 450 m away
Standard
Dove Road, LiverpoolDisconnection or alteration of supply · MANWEB · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 500 m away
Minor
Orrell Lane, LiverpoolNew service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 50 m away
Minor
Selby Road, LiverpoolRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 250 m away
Minor
Longmoor Lane, LiverpoolUtility asset works · BT · 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
Mersey Tidal Power ProjectGenerating Stations · This will be an in-river proposal, located within the Mersey Riverine
environment. The Project will be located towards the mouth of the River
Mersey, between the Wirral on the west and Liverpool to the east.
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
application due 30 May 2025 23.4 km away
Pre-application
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north).
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 Orrell Park: +35% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -2.5% in two years.
Multiuser 2 Building, Regent Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2024 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Royal Seaforth Dock - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Feb 2024 3.1 km away
Running nearest: Port of Liverpool - wind (wind farm, 3.1 km); Royal Seaforth Dock Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.0 km); Land at Carnegie Road (battery storage, 5.3 km); Lister Drive (battery storage, 5.3 km); Liverpool Energy Management Facility (battery storage, 5.3 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.
HyNet Carbon Dioxide PipelineOther Pipe-lines · From the Ince AGI in Cheshire, via Stanlow Refinery, to Talacre Beach in North Wales
decided Mar 2024 27.7 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.