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).
35 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (13 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Langham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Nov 2023 1.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Lewisher Road - Solar ArraysApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2024 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Rushey Mead Academy, Melton Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 280 kW
Jan 2026 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Gateway College, Colin Grundy Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Nov 2025 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Orchard Mead Academy, Keyham Lane West - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Mar 2026 3.5 km away
Battery storage
Dysart Way, Birstall Street - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
First Bus Depot, Humphreys Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
Feb 2023 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Ashton Business Park, Ashton Close - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2024 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Hoods Close - Solar PanelsBeing built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 3.7 km away
Rooftop solar
St Georges Retail Park, St Georges Way - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 440 kW
Jun 2026 4.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Humberstone Lane, ThurmastonHighway improvement works · LEICESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 350 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
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.
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 Thurmaston: +32% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 40 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.1% in two years.
10 new homes completed1 flats, 9 houses · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 1.1 km away
New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 1.6 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 24 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Syston Road - Solar FarmBeing built · 26 MW
Sept 2024 4.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Pepsico International Limited, Leycroft Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 3 MW
Jan 2026 4.5 km away
Running nearest: National Space Centre (rooftop solar, 3.4 km); Severn Trent STW (wind farm, 3.5 km); Land Off Ingarsby Lane (solar farm, 7.5 km); Gypsom Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.8 km); Mountsorrel Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.8 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.