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
12storm overflows within 2 km
153hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
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 27.6 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 202727.7 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 Eccles: +24% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 280 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.4% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Fifth Avenue, Trafford Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2022 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Gamma Telecom, Second Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Sept 2025 4.2 km away
Running nearest: Clifton Hall (landfill gas, 3.4 km); Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 3.8 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.6 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 6.9 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.5 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
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.