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
10storm overflows within 2 km
41hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
46spill events counted
United Utilities
Potters Lane Csointo Culverted Section Moston Brook16 spills, 21 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).
application due May 2027 27.1 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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Moston West: +38% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.8% 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.
Whitegate Battery StorageBeing built · 57 MW
Oct 2023 3.0 km away
Solar farm
City Football Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2024 3.1 km away
Running nearest: Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 850 m); Central Park - Solar photovaltics (rooftop solar, 1.1 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 2.6 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 3.1 km); Ardwick Railway Goods Yard Incinerator (Newhaven EFW Plant) (energy from waste, 4.1 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
The Fairway, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 700 m away
Major, planned
Bute Street, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 850 m away
Major, planned
Old Church Street, ManchesterHighway improvement works · MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 950 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.