Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Rochdale › Neighbourhood Hooley Bridge & Norden West › Postcode OL12 7GL What's changing near OL12 7GL Within 2 km, around Hooley Bridge & Norden West 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
+2.4% like-for-like prices in Hooley Bridge & Norden West, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.9%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 49 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New school New school: Spotland Primary Academy Academy sponsor led, primary
Apr 2025 New school Jul 2024 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. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
26 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in OL12 7GL itself
Extended certificate 2017 Extended certificate 2015 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 7 storm overflows within 2 km
367 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
97 spill events counted
United Utilities Footwood / Spodden Valley Cso into River Spodden, Trib River Roch 35 spills, 219 hours in 2025
1.3 km away United Utilities Spotland Bridge Cso 35035 into River Spodden 51 spills, 128 hours in 2025
1.5 km away United Utilities Rooley Moor Rd W51 into Trib Healey Dell 7 spills, 9 hours in 2025
550 m away United Utilities Station Road (Whitworth) Cso into River Spodden 2 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Edenfield Road Cso into Naden Brook 1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities 745 Edenfield Road Cso into Naden Brook Trib Of R Roch 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Mellor Street Cso into River Spodden 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km 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 24 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 Rooftop solar Spotland Stadium, Sandy Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2024 Battery storage The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 57 MW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Makin Metal Powders Limited, Buckley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 650 kW
Sept 2023 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 Rooftop solar Inkech, Crawford Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Heywood Sports Village - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Aug 2021 Solar farm Chamber House Being built · 4 MW
Apr 2023 Battery storage Dig Gate Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Apr 2025 Battery storage Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System
Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Phoenix Street, Rochdale Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Rooley Moor Road, Rochdale Diversionary works · SP Electricity North West · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Lawrence Close, Rochdale Remedial works · CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Edenfield Road, Rochdale Remedial works · Digital Infrastructure · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Edenfield Road, Rochdale Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 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: Scout Moor Windfarm (wind farm, 6.7 km); Crook Hill (Calderdale MBC) 1 of 2 (wind farm, 6.7 km); Crook Hill (Rochdale MBC) 2 of 2 (wind farm, 6.8 km); Pilsworth Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 6.8 km); Lascar Works (battery storage, 7.8 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.