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
22storm overflows within 2 km
1,111hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
437spill events counted
United Utilities
Oldham Wwtwinto Wince Brook38 spills, 369 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
United Utilities
S. Chadderton/into Wince Brook54 spills, 209 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
United Utilities
Kirkway Combined Sewer Overflowinto Wince Brook, Trib Of River Irk48 spills, 109 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 29.2 km away
Pre-application
Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
application due November 2026 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.
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 Middleton East: +47% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 210 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +5.5% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 19 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Cardinal Langley RC High School, Rochdale Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Sept 2025 2.4 km away
Battery storage
Chadderton - Battery Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
May 2022 2.4 km away
Running nearest: Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 4.4 km); Central Park - Solar photovaltics (rooftop solar, 4.9 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 6.6 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 7.0 km); Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.1 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.