Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Manchester › Neighbourhood Ardwick › Postcode M12 5NP What's changing near M12 5NP Within 2 km, around Ardwick in Manchester. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
1,045 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
549 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.4% like-for-like prices in Ardwick, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.2%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 45 new homes completed flats · May 2026
May 2026 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 488 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 68 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 32 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 36 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 0 homes extended 2021–2025
0 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in M12 5NP 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 18 storm overflows within 2 km
113 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
69 spill events counted
United Utilities Fairfield Street Cso into River Medlock 26 spills, 40 hours in 2025
1.3 km away United Utilities Gorton Road (Lighting Tower) into Corn Brook 7 spills, 27 hours in 2025
650 m away United Utilities Parrott Street/Bromlow Street Cso into Corn Brook Via Sws 19 spills, 23 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Beresford Road Cso into Clvrt Section Of Gore Brook 3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Mancunian Way Cso into River Medlock Via Sws 5 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Vaughan Street Cso into Clvrt Section Of Corn Brook 1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
500 m away United Utilities Birch Hall Ln Thoresway Rd Cso into Gore Brook Via Sws 3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Junction Of Ashton New Road Cso into Culverted Tributary Of Corn Brook 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
950 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 96 planned, approved or being built and 16 running (122 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 East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Unit C, Kelbrook Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 610 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar G H Sheldon, Stainburn Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 290 kW
Jul 2023 Solar farm City Football Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Xaverian College, Lower Park Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Hammerstone Road Depot - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Etihad Stadium, Ashton New Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 15 permitted works running now or planned, 7 of them major.
Major Milnthorpe Way, Manchester Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Langport Avenue, Manchester Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Hyde Road, Manchester Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Lane closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Hyde Road, Manchester Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Hyde Road, Manchester Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Lane closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Devonshire Street North, Manchester Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Stockport Road, Manchester Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Coverdale Crescent, Manchester Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Rostron Avenue, Manchester Remedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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 Pre-application Peak Cluster CCS Pipeline Other 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 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, 450 m); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 700 m); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 1.7 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 2.2 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 2.2 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.