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
7storm overflows within 2 km
369hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
116spill events counted
United Utilities
Clayton Bridgeinto River Medlock42 spills, 173 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Chappell Road Csointo Lumb Brook49 spills, 105 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Lumb Lane (Audenshaw) Cso & Det Tnkinto Culverted Section Of Gore Brook9 spills, 73 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
Medlock Sports Centre Csointo Lumb Brook Via Surface Wtr Sew6 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
United Utilities
Manshaw Road Csointo Moss Brook Via Sws4 spills, 3 hours in 2025
600 m away
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Ashton Old Rd Manshaw St Cso 281cdinto Moss Brook5 spills, 2 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 28.9 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 Droylsden Central: +47% 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. 24 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
City Football Academy - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2024 2.7 km away
Rooftop solar
East Manchester Academy, Grey Mare Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2025 2.9 km away
Running nearest: Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 2.1 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 2.7 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 2.8 km); Outer Space Studios Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 3.1 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 3.3 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.