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
639hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
86spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Wanlip Sewage Treatment Worksinto River Soar37 spills, 318 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Severn Trent Water
Wanlip Sewage Treatment Worksinto River Soar21 spills, 197 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Severn Trent Water
Wanlip Sewage Treatment Worksinto River Soar25 spills, 109 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Severn Trent Water
Main Street (Field 3234) Csointo Barkby Brook3 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Severn Trent Water
Turn Street Sewage Puming Stationinto Barkby Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
900 m away
Severn Trent Water
Clumber Close Csointo Trib Of River Wreake0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
Roundabout At The Junction Of Syston Western Bypass Newark Road Melton Road And Barkby Thorpe Lane, ThurmastonNew service connection · mua Electricity Limited · Lane closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 1000 m away
Major
Roundabout At The Junction Of Syston Western Bypass Newark Road Melton Road And Barkby Thorpe Lane, ThurmastonNew service connection · mua Electricity Limited · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 1000 m away
Minor
Clover Way, SystonRemedial works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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
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.
application due March 2028 14.4 km away
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
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 Syston West: +17% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -1.3% in two years.
Pepsico International Limited, Leycroft Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 3 MW
Jan 2026 5.3 km away
Running nearest: Severn Trent STW (wind farm, 2.0 km); National Space Centre (rooftop solar, 5.3 km); Gypsom Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.4 km); Mountsorrel Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.0 km); Land Off Ingarsby Lane (solar farm, 9.1 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.