What's changing near M25 1PL
Within 2 km, around Prestwich East in Bury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
84new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
5homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.2%like-for-like prices in Prestwich East, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
–crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.7 km away - School closed
School closed: Prestwich Preparatory SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Mar 2026
150 m away - New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedflats · May 2025
May 2025
750 m away - New homes
30 new homes completed6 flats, 24 houses · Nov 2024
Nov 2024
1.8 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 5 homesSingleton Court, Bury Old Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 8FX (full planning permission) Sept 2021
2.0 km away - New schoolAug 2020
900 m away - New schoolJun 2020
650 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
19homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
47since energy certificates began (2008)
0in M25 1PL 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
16storm overflows within 2 km
104hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
125spill events counted
- United Utilities
Farm Hill Cso 091kointo Prestwich Clough Via Culvert31 spills, 29 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Bury New Road Csointo Singleton Brook27 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Middleton Road/Victoria Avenue Csointo Tributary Of River Irk4 spills, 13 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - United Utilities
Victoria Avenue/River Irk Csointo River Irk4 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Maple Avenue Csointo Trib Bradley Brook Suf Wtr Sew14 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - United Utilities
Kendall Road Blackley Csointo River Irk Via Birch Brook Clvr5 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Mather Ave Albert Ave Csointo Singleton Brook Trib R Irwell7 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Prestwich Clough Cso 09034into Prestwich Clough Brook5 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.3 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
80 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (88 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Polyflor Limited, Prestwich Delivery Office - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Park 17 Industrial Estate - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys Supermarkets, Heaton Park Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 290 kW
May 2026
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Broughton Hub, Rigby Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Nov 2024
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Health Club, Heywood Old Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 550 kW
Nov 2023
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Jj Food Service, 1A Lamplight Way - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2023
3.6 km away - Hydro
Charlestown WeirApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2019
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
The Albion Academy, London Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Oct 2025
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
City Of Salford Highway Services, Swinton Hall Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jul 2023
4.6 km away - Rooftop solar
The Food Warehouse Iceland, Pilsworth Road -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026
4.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
13 permitted works running now or planned, 9 of them major.
- Major
Whittaker Lane, PrestwichNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away - Major
Ludlow Avenue, WhitefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
850 m away - Major, planned
Hastings Avenue, WhitefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Hastings Avenue, WhitefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Poppythorn Lane, PrestwichUtility repair and maintenance works · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Longfield Centre, PrestwichUtility repair and maintenance works · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Major, planned
Sandgate Road, WhitefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
950 m away - Major
Sandgate Road, WhitefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
950 m away - Major
Longfield Centre, PrestwichSection 50 · BURY METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Sept 2025
1.8 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2022
19.5 km away - Pre-application
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
23.0 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2014
23.2 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.
Running nearest: Clifton Hall (landfill gas, 3.3 km); Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 4.5 km); Pilsworth Landfill Site (other, 4.7 km); Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.5 km); Central Park - Solar photovaltics (rooftop solar, 5.7 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.