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
7storm overflows within 2 km
185hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
71spill events counted
United Utilities
Wellington Rd North/into Black Brook55 spills, 155 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
500 m away
United Utilities
Birch Hall Ln Thoresway Rd Csointo Gore Brook Via Sws3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
600 m away
United Utilities
Mad Hatter Pubinto Gore Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
750 m away
United Utilities
161 A Dickenson Road Csointo Gore Brook0 spills, 0 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 25.7 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 28.0 km away
Pre-application
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1Underground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, Cheshire, approximately 3km due West of the M6 and 3km North of Junction 18. This area is bounded to the west by the A530 (King Street) and to the east by the B5081.The Gas Processing Plant (GPP) will be located approximately 369886 East, 370226 North.
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 Longsight East: +52% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -2.3% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 30 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Unit C, Kelbrook Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 610 kW
Aug 2023 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2025 3.0 km away
Running nearest: Outer Space Studios Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.1 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 2.1 km); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 2.7 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 3.4 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 3.9 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.
Seddon Street, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 650 m away
Major
Sutcliffe Avenue, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 700 m away
Major, planned
Patey Street, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 700 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
application due April 2027 29.9 km away
Decided
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 29.9 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.