Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bury › Neighbourhood Ainsworth & Bradley Fold › Postcode M26 3UJ What's changing near M26 3UJ Within 2 km, around Ainsworth & Bradley Fold in Bury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
253 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.3% like-for-like prices in Ainsworth & Bradley Fold, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Sep 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New school New school: Imagine Wellbeing Primary Ltd Other independent special school, other independent special school
Sept 2026 New homes 19 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 33 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 34 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Feb 2026
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
10 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in M26 3UJ 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
59 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
27 spill events counted
United Utilities St Andrews Rd Brooks Av Cso 09001 into Black Lane Brook 10 spills, 39 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities 108-110 Water Street Cso (Bry0139) into Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal 7 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Darcy Lever Old Hall Cso into Blackshaw Brook 10 spills, 8 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 28 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (52 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 11 MW
Nov 2025 Battery storage Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar Albion Mill, Cawdor Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 490 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Moss Rose Mill - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 290 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Vernacare, Folds Road - Solar PV array Approved, not yet built · 710 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Edbro, Lever Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2023 Battery storage Union Court Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar Crompton Health Centre, Crompton Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Park 17 Industrial Estate - Solar PV Array Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Churchill Unit Oncology Royal Bolton Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 12 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Bury And Bolton Road, Radcliffe New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Abbey Close, Radcliffe New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Saltram Close, Radcliffe Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Claydon Drive, Radcliffe Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Chiswick Drive, Radcliffe Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Aldford Grove, Radcliffe Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Haseley Close, Bolton Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Heaton Road, Radcliffe Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Duxbury Avenue, Bolton Utility repair and maintenance works · VIRGIN MEDIA · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 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 Decided decided Aug 2014 Decided decided Nov 2022 Decided decided May 2015 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: Bolton TRF (energy from waste, 3.4 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.4 km); Salford Road (rooftop solar, 4.8 km); Lascar Works (battery storage, 5.0 km); Pilsworth Landfill Site (other, 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.