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).
31 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (70 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Atic Building, Loughborough Science Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2025 650 m away
Battery storage
Beacon Road, Epinal Way - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026 2.3 km away
Solar farm
West Beacon Solar ParkApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
Apr 2021 2.6 km away
Rooftop solar
The Loughborough Schools Foundation Sports Hall - Solar Pv ArraysApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2024 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Ashby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jan 2026 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Kindeva Drug Delivery Limited, Derby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
Oct 2023 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Kernan Drive, Unit 21-22 - Solar Photovoltaic ArrayApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jan 2026 3.6 km away
Solar farm
Charley Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
Nov 2023 4.1 km away
Battery storage
Charley Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in
Nov 2023 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
The Manor House, Woodhouse Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Dec 2025 4.1 km away
Solar farm
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Footpath From Nanpantan Road To Longcliffe Gardens, LoughboroughPermanent reinstatement · National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 750 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
Recommendation
East Midlands Gateway Phase 2Storage or Distribution of Goods · On land to the south of East Midlands Airport and south-west of M1 Junction 23A
Weston Marsh to East LeicestershireElectric Lines · A new circa 60 kilometre 400kV overhead electricity transmission line which connects into the Weston Marsh substation infrastructure (to be constructed under the Grimsby to Walpole Project), in the Spalding region of Lincolnshire, and runs west to a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-B) near Wartnaby in Leicestershire, via a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-A) near Corby Glen in Lincolnshire.
The Project also includes reconductoring of approximately 66 kilometres of existing transmission infrastructure from the new WMEL-B substation, running south to the existing Grendon substation, east of Northampton.
Rail Freight Interchanges · The site lies 5 km to the north-east of Hinckley town centre, north-west of the M69 junction 2.
decided Mar 2025 23.3 km away
Pre-application
Castle Way EnergyGenerating Stations · The proposed development includes five development sites (Sites A-E) which are situated in the rural expanse between Derby, Uttoxeter and Ashbourne.
Oaklands Farm Solar ParkGenerating Stations · Land at Rosliston Road, south of Drakelow Power Station
decided Jun 2025 28.0 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.