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
1,032hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
238spill events counted
United Utilities
Eccles Wwtw (Eccl)into Salteye Brook75 spills, 363 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Winton Outfall Csointo Salteye Brook69 spills, 260 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
United Utilities
Eccles Wwtw (Eccl)into Salteye Brook23 spills, 235 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).
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 2027 26.0 km away
Pre-application
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 202726.1 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 Winton & Westwood: +35% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -1.2% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 17 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Woodsend Road, Urmston - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
May 2026 4.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Golden Way, Urmston - Unit 24 - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Sept 2024 4.3 km away
Running nearest: Clifton Hall (landfill gas, 5.1 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.2 km); Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.3 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 5.5 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 1000 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
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.
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 29.7 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.