Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Bury › Neighbourhood Whitefield East › Postcode M45 7FT What's changing near M45 7FT Within 2 km, around Whitefield East in Bury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
62 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.8% like-for-like prices in Whitefield East, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 School closed School closed: Prestwich Preparatory School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Mar 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 30 new homes completed 6 flats, 24 houses · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New school Apr 2023 New school Jun 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
33 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in M45 7FT itself
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 9 storm overflows within 2 km
277 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
123 spill events counted
United Utilities Philips Drive (Whitefield) Cso into Trib Bradley Brook Via Sws 31 spills, 158 hours in 2025
850 m away United Utilities Sunny Bank Road Cso into Parr Brook Via Sws 32 spills, 76 hours in 2025
2.0 km away United Utilities Farm Hill Cso 091ko into Prestwich Clough Via Culvert 31 spills, 29 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Maple Avenue Cso into Trib Bradley Brook Suf Wtr Sew 14 spills, 10 hours in 2025
550 m away United Utilities Prestwich Clough Cso 09034 into Prestwich Clough Brook 5 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Clifton Rd Leach St Cso 091kq into Trib Prestwich Clough Via Sws 6 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.4 km away United Utilities Hampden Road Cso 091xv Bry0041 into Prestwich Clough Via Clvrt 4 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Park Lane D/S Of S.W. into Unknown · near bathing water: Fleetwood 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
850 m away Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 66 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (89 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Park 17 Industrial Estate - Solar PV Array Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Polyflor Limited, Prestwich Delivery Office - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jul 2025 Battery storage Shore Top Farm, Kearsley Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 11 MW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Sainsburys Supermarkets, Heaton Park Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 290 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar The Food Warehouse Iceland, Pilsworth Road -Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Health Club, Heywood Old Road - Solar Panel Approved, not yet built · 550 kW
Nov 2023 Battery storage Stoneclough - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar Jj Food Service, 1A Lamplight Way - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar City Of Salford Highway Services, Swinton Hall Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Broughton Hub, Rigby Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Nov 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 15 permitted works running now or planned, 8 of them major.
Major Maple Avenue, Whitefield Highway repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Ross Avenue, Whitefield Section 50 · United Utilities Water Ltd · Two-way signals
Feb 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Kenilworth Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Kenilworth Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Barnard Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major Barnard Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Warwick Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Warwick Avenue, Whitefield Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Ross Avenue, Whitefield New service connection · SP Electricity North West · Two-way signals
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Decided decided Nov 2022 Pre-application Intermodal Logistics Park North Rail 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 Decided decided Aug 2014 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.
Running nearest: Clifton Hall (landfill gas, 3.1 km); Pilsworth Landfill Site (other, 3.9 km); Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.9 km); Salford Refuse Treatment Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.5 km); Bent Spur Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.6 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.