What's changing near M12 4LW
Within 2 km, around Belle Vue & West Gorton in Manchester. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
808new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
306homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.3%like-for-like prices in Belle Vue & West Gorton, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.2%)
–crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
28 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
47 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
40 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
59 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026
Apr 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
20 new homes completed2 flats, 18 houses · Jul 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1000 m away - New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
52 new homes completed39 flats, 13 houses · Jul 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1000 m away
9homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
44since energy certificates began (2008)
1in M12 4LW 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
10storm overflows within 2 km
86hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
44spill events counted
- United Utilities
Gorton Road (Lighting Tower)into Corn Brook7 spills, 27 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Parrott Street/Bromlow Street Csointo Corn Brook Via Sws19 spills, 23 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - United Utilities
Mount Road Combined Sewer Overflowinto Gore Brook Via Sws10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - United Utilities
Beresford Road Csointo Clvrt Section Of Gore Brook3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
950 m away - United Utilities
Vaughan Street Csointo Clvrt Section Of Corn Brook1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - United Utilities
Birch Hall Ln Thoresway Rd Csointo Gore Brook Via Sws3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - United Utilities
Junction Of Ashton New Road Csointo Culverted Tributary Of Corn Brook1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - United Utilities
Mad Hatter Pubinto Gore Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
500 m away
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
95 planned, approved or being built and 15 running (121 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026
550 m away - Rooftop solar
Hammerstone Road Depot - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Nov 2023
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Ashton Old Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Jun 2022
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
New Smithfield Market, Whitworth Street East -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
New Smithfield Market - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Dec 2024
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Gorton Education Village, Wembley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2025
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit C, Kelbrook Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 610 kW
Aug 2023
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Xaverian College, Lower Park Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Apr 2024
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
G H Sheldon, Stainburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 290 kW
Jul 2023
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2025
1.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
13 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
- Major, planned
Stockport Road, ManchesterUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
650 m away - Major, planned
Patey Street, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
750 m away - Major
Milnthorpe Way, ManchesterUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 m away - Minor
Kirkmanshulme Lane, ManchesterRemedial works · SP Electricity North West · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away - Minor
New Bank Street, ManchesterRemedial works · SP Electricity North West · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away - Minor
Pink Bank Lane, ManchesterRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Minor
Farrant Road, ManchesterRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
500 m away - Minor
Stainer Street, ManchesterRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away - Minor
Stockport Road, ManchesterRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Sept 2025
10.8 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2022
12.6 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2014
19.1 km away - Pre-application
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
26.0 km away - Pre-application
Peak Cluster CCS PipelineOther Pipe-lines · A carbon dioxide transport pipeline network connecting carbon capture sites in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire to a coastal location on the Wirral peninsula application due September 2027
29.0 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.
Running nearest: Outer Space Studios Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 1000 m); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 1.4 km); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 1.7 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 2.3 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 2.8 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.