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
11storm overflows within 2 km
303hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
Weston Marsh to East LeicestershireElectric Lines · A new circa 60 kilometre 400kV overhead electricity transmission line which connects into the Weston Marsh substation infrastructure (to be constructed under the Grimsby to Walpole Project), in the Spalding region of Lincolnshire, and runs west to a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-B) near Wartnaby in Leicestershire, via a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-A) near Corby Glen in Lincolnshire.
The Project also includes reconductoring of approximately 66 kilometres of existing transmission infrastructure from the new WMEL-B substation, running south to the existing Grendon substation, east of Northampton.
application due March 2028 21.4 km away
Decided
A46 Newark BypassHighways · From Farndon roundabout to Winthorpe roundabout near Newark-on-Trent
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 28 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Heron Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
Aug 2024 6.6 km away
Battery storage
Heron Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
Aug 2024 6.6 km away
Running nearest: Gedling Solar Farm (solar farm, 1.9 km); Severn Trent Water - Stoke Bardolph Wind Turbine (wind farm, 2.1 km); Stoke Bardolph energy crop (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 2.4 km); Colwick Industrial Estate (Farm and Food waste) (anaerobic digestion, 2.6 km); Radcliffe Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.3 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
East Midlands Gateway Phase 2Storage or Distribution of Goods · On land to the south of East Midlands Airport and south-west of M1 Junction 23A
Sept 2026 23.5 km away
Pre-application
Chesterfield to WillingtonElectric Lines · Land between the Chesterfield Substation, south-east of Chesterfield and Willington Substation, east of Willington, Derbyshire.
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.