What's changing near LS14 5BJ
Within 2 km, around Swarcliffe in Leeds. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
187new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.0%like-for-like prices in Swarcliffe, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.8%)
-4%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
38 new homes completed24 flats, 14 houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
7 new homes completed2 flats, 5 houses · Nov 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.0 km away - New school
New school: Aspire and AchieveOther independent special school, other independent special school
Jul 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
9 new homes completed1 flats, 8 houses · Oct 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.0 km away - New homes
39 new homes completed4 flats, 35 houses · Jan 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025
550 m away - New homes
25 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
750 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.0 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025
Jul 2025
850 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.4 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
45since energy certificates began (2008)
1in LS14 5BJ itself
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
1storm overflows within 2 km
114hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
37spill events counted
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
42 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (41 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Tesco - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 620 kW
Nov 2025
650 m away - Rooftop solar
Coal Road, Whinmoor - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2025
800 m away - Rooftop solar
Temple House, 1 Beechwood Car Space - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 660 kW
Feb 2025
950 m away - Rooftop solar
Units A, B & C Coal Road, Seacroft - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Units A, B & C Coal Road, Seacroft - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Parklands Primary School, Dufton Approach - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Jun 2024
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Temple Moor High School, Field End Grove - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
May 2023
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Spire Leeds Hospital, Jackson Avenue - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 160 kW
Apr 2024
4.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Premier Farnell, Unit 3 - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
May 2024
4.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Trinity Academy Leeds, Torre Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jan 2026
4.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decided
Yorkshire GREENElectric Lines · Approximately 2km to the north west of York, extending 36km south to Monk Fryston substation decided Mar 2024
14.3 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
15.7 km away - Pre-application
Ferrybridge Carbon Capture and StorageOther Pipe-lines · The Ferrybridge Energy from Waste Carbon Capture and Storage project is located near Knottingley within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire and administrative area of the Wakefield Metropolitan DC. The site is located to the west of the River Aire and the east of the A1(M). application due February 2028
15.8 km away - Pre-application
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power StationGenerating Stations · Land at and within the vicinity of the former Ferrybridge C Power Station Site, Kirkhaw Lane, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, West Yorkshire – within the administrative area of Metropolitan District of Wakefield, and a land corridor extending eastwards into the administrative area of North Yorkshire Council. application due June 2027
16.4 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2015
19.4 km away - Examination
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Cross Green ERF (energy from waste, 5.3 km); Knostrop Sewage Treatment Works (anaerobic digestion, 5.4 km); Regent Street, Sheepscar - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 5.9 km); Skelton Grange Landfill (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Buslingthorpe Power Station (Leeds North) (biomass, 6.1 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.
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.