Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Manchester › Neighbourhood Abbey Hey › Postcode M18 7HU What's changing near M18 7HU Within 2 km, around Abbey Hey in Manchester. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
493 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
43 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+9.7% like-for-like prices in Abbey Hey, 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 28 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 47 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 40 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 59 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026
Apr 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 12 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed 4 flats, 4 houses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 16 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
41 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in M18 7HU 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 6 storm overflows within 2 km
50 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
30 spill events counted
United Utilities Thornley Lane South Cso 44019 into Unnamed Trib Denton Brk Sws 10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Mount Road Combined Sewer Overflow into Gore Brook Via Sws 10 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.3 km away United Utilities Manshaw Road Cso into Moss Brook Via Sws 4 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Ashton Old Rd Manshaw St Cso 281cd into Moss Brook 5 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Hartshead Close/Manshaw Road Cso into Culverted Section Moss Brook 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Mad Hatter Pub into Gore Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
2.0 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 88 planned, approved or being built and 15 running (121 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Gorton Education Village, Wembley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Hammerstone Road Depot - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Nov 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 Co Op Academy Belle Vue, Hyde Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Ashton Old Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 390 kW
Jun 2022 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 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 Road and street works within 1 km 33 permitted works running now or planned, 20 of them major.
Major Thornwood Avenue, Manchester Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Woodland Road, Manchester Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Chatham Road, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Boxtree Avenue, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Goulder Road, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Broadacre Road, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Athol Street, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Highgate Crescent, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Cranbrook Road, Manchester Highway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Nov 2022 Decided decided Sept 2025 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: Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 800 m); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 2.2 km); Outer Space Studios Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.7 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 3.3 km); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 3.4 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.