Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Manchester › Neighbourhood Belle Vue & West Gorton › Postcode M12 5LZ What's changing near M12 5LZ Within 2 km, around Belle Vue & West Gorton in Manchester. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
696 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
194 homes 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
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Nearby, most recent first New school New school: Ravensbury Community School Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Apr 2027 New homes 24 new homes completed flats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed 2 flats, 18 houses · Jul 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 24 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 52 new homes completed 39 flats, 13 houses · Jul 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed 4 flats, 4 houses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed 4 flats, 1 houses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 68 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 2 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
3 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in M12 5LZ 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 9 storm overflows within 2 km
80 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
39 spill events counted
United Utilities Gorton Road (Lighting Tower) into Corn Brook 7 spills, 27 hours in 2025
1.1 km away United Utilities Parrott Street/Bromlow Street Cso into Corn Brook Via Sws 19 spills, 23 hours in 2025
900 m away United Utilities Mount Road Combined Sewer Overflow into Gore Brook Via Sws 10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Vaughan Street Cso into Clvrt Section Of Corn Brook 1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
750 m away United Utilities Junction Of Ashton New Road Cso into Culverted Tributary Of Corn Brook 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
300 m away United Utilities Palmerston Street Cso 289al Man0401 into The River Medlock 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
2.0 km away United Utilities Vaughan Street Cso into Corn Brook In Culvert 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m away United Utilities Mad Hatter Pub into Gore Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km 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 98 planned, approved or being built and 15 running (121 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ashton Old Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 390 kW
Jun 2022 Rooftop solar Hammerstone Road Depot - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Unit C, Kelbrook Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 610 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar New Smithfield Market, Whitworth Street East -Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar New Smithfield Market - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar G H Sheldon, Stainburn Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 290 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2025 Solar farm City Football Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar The National Cycling Centre - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Being built · 920 kW
Aug 2022 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Gate Street, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Range Street, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Valance Close, Manchester Remedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Mayton Street, Manchester Remedial works · SP Electricity North West · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Decided decided Nov 2022 Decided decided Aug 2014 Pre-application Intermodal Logistics Park North Rail 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 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, 750 m); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 1.3 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 1.4 km); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 1.4 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 1.8 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.