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
3storm overflows within 2 km
15hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
3spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Main Street (Field 3234) Csointo Barkby Brook3 spills, 15 hours in 2025
950 m away
Severn Trent Water
Turn Street Sewage Puming Stationinto Barkby Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m away
Severn Trent Water
Clumber Close Csointo Trib Of River Wreake0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
28 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (11 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Syston Road - Solar FarmBeing built · 26 MW
Sept 2024 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Langham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Nov 2023 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Lewisher Road - Solar ArraysApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2024 4.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Ratcliffe College, Fosse Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2023 4.1 km away
Battery storage
Albion Road - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2026 4.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Rushey Mead Academy, Melton Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 280 kW
Jan 2026 4.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Gateway College, Colin Grundy Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Nov 2025 4.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Rothley Lodge, Loughborough Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2025 4.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Apac Packaging, Loughborough Road - Solar PanelsBeing built · 900 kW
Sept 2022 4.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Orchard Mead Academy, Keyham Lane West - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Mar 2026 4.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor
Clover Way, SystonRemedial works · National Grid Electricity Distribution (East Midlands) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 550 m away
Immediate - urgent
Footpath I56, SystonUtility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Road closure
Feb 2026 to Dec 2026 900 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 14.0 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 East: +31% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.8% in two years.
Ashton Business Park, Ashton Close - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2024 5.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Hoods Close - Solar PanelsBeing built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 5.2 km away
Running nearest: Severn Trent STW (wind farm, 2.8 km); National Space Centre (rooftop solar, 5.7 km); Gypsom Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.9 km); Mountsorrel Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.7 km); Land Off Ingarsby Lane (solar farm, 8.4 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.