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
8storm overflows within 2 km
300hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
118spill events counted
United Utilities
Winton Outfall Csointo Salteye Brook69 spills, 260 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Liverpool Road/Newhall Avenue Csointo Salteye Brook Via Sws36 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Barton Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws8 spills, 15 hours in 2025
550 m away
United Utilities
Ashburton Rd/Central Park Csointo Manchester Ship Canal Via Sws3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
850 m away
United Utilities
Dumplington Circleinto Manchester Ship Canal2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
700 m away
United Utilities
Urmston Ssointo Manchester Ship Canal0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
850 m away
United Utilities
Bentcliffe Way/Wood St Csointo Gilda Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
United Utilities
Bradford Roadinto Salteye 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).
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 25.8 km away
Pre-application
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 202726.2 km away
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 Barton upon Irwell: +33% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.3% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 20 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road - Solar ArraysApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
May 2026 3.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Golden Way, Urmston - Unit 24 - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Sept 2024 3.4 km away
Running nearest: Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 4.3 km); Clifton Hall (landfill gas, 5.1 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.2 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 6.9 km); SAICA Paper Mill (biomass, 7.7 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.
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.
application due April 2027 28.8 km away
Decided
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 29.2 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.