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
5storm overflows within 2 km
102hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
38spill events counted
United Utilities
Lumb Lane (Audenshaw) Cso & Det Tnkinto Culverted Section Of Gore Brook9 spills, 73 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Parrott Street/Bromlow Street Csointo Corn Brook Via Sws19 spills, 23 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Manshaw Road Csointo Moss Brook Via Sws4 spills, 3 hours in 2025
650 m away
United Utilities
Ashton Old Rd Manshaw St Cso 281cdinto Moss Brook5 spills, 2 hours in 2025
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north).
application due May 2027 28.4 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.
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 Openshaw & Gorton North: +13% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 170 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.6% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 32 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Gorton Education Village, Wembley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2025 2.6 km away
Battery storage
Medlock Road, Failsworth - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Oct 2025 2.9 km away
Running nearest: Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 1.4 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 2.5 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 2.6 km); Outer Space Studios Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.6 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 3.1 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.