Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Rochdale › Neighbourhood Norden East & Bagslate Moor › Postcode OL11 5XP What's changing near OL11 5XP Within 2 km, around Norden East & Bagslate Moor in Rochdale. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
53 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.4% like-for-like prices in Norden East & Bagslate Moor, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.9%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 49 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New school Aug 2022 New school New school: Oulder Hill Leadership Academy Academy sponsor led, secondary
Mar 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
32 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in OL11 5XP 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
13 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
9 spill events counted
United Utilities Rooley Moor Rd W51 into Trib Healey Dell 7 spills, 9 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Edenfield Road Cso into Naden Brook 1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
600 m away United Utilities 745 Edenfield Road Cso into Naden Brook Trib Of R Roch 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
550 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 28 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (158 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Norden Community School - Solar PV Systems Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2021 Battery storage The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 57 MW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Spotland Stadium, Sandy Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Heywood Sports Village - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Aug 2021 Battery storage Gipsy Lane Being built · 20 MW
Jul 2021 Battery storage Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road - Energy Storage Being built · 40 MW
Feb 2024 Solar farm Chamber House Being built · 4 MW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Makin Metal Powders Limited, Buckley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 650 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Inkech, Crawford Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Heywood Distribution Park, Pilsworth Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Spring Bank Lane, Rochdale Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Spring Bank Lane, Rochdale Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Harewood Drive, Rochdale Utility asset works · Runfibre Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Norden Way, Rochdale Utility asset works · Runfibre Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Four Lanes Way, Rochdale Utility asset works · Runfibre Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Norden Close, Rochdale Utility asset works · Runfibre Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Lawrence Close, Rochdale Remedial works · CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Four Lanes Way, Rochdale Utility asset works · Runfibre Ltd · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2025 Pre-application Calderdale Energy Park Generating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026 Decided decided Nov 2022 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: Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.6 km); Scout Moor Windfarm (wind farm, 6.3 km); Lascar Works (battery storage, 6.4 km); Pilsworth Landfill Site (other, 6.6 km); Crook Hill (Rochdale MBC) 2 of 2 (wind farm, 8.1 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.