What's changing near OL12 7JW

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Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  49 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Jun 2026
  Jun 2026
  1.0 km away
• New homes
  11 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – May 2025
  May 2025
  2.0 km away
• New homes
  9 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
  Apr 2025
  1.9 km away
• New school
  New school: Spotland Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led, primary
  Apr 2025
  1.8 km away
• New school
  New school: Healey Learning CentreOther independent special school, other independent special school
  Jul 2024
  1.5 km away
• New school
  New school: Willow View SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school
  Aug 2022
  200 m away
• New school
  New school: Oulder Hill Leadership AcademyAcademy sponsor led, secondary
  Mar 2022
  1.6 km away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Mountain Ash: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Harland Way: 1 home extended since 2021
• Fern Hill Lane: 1 home extended since 2021
• Elmpark Grove: 1 home extended since 2021
• Whitemoss: 1 home extended since 2021
• Carfax Fold: 1 home extended since 2021
• Redfearn Wood: 1 home extended since 2021
• Ellenshaw Close: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  17, Stonehill Crescent85 m² → 102 m² (+17 m²)
  certificate 2014

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

• United Utilities
  Footwood / Spodden Valley Csointo River Spodden, Trib River Roch35 spills, 219 hours in 2025
  1.4 km away
• United Utilities
  Spotland Bridge Cso 35035into River Spodden51 spills, 128 hours in 2025
  1.7 km away
• United Utilities
  Rooley Moor Rd W51into Trib Healey Dell7 spills, 9 hours in 2025
  800 m away
• United Utilities
  Station Road (Whitworth) Csointo River Spodden2 spills, 7 hours in 2025
  1.4 km away
• United Utilities
  Edenfield Road Csointo Naden Brook1 spills, 4 hours in 2025
  1.7 km away
• United Utilities
  745 Edenfield Road Csointo Naden Brook Trib Of R Roch1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.7 km away
• United Utilities
  Mellor Street Csointo River Spodden0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.7 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

23 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 SystemsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
  Aug 2021
  1.1 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Spotland Stadium, Sandy Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
  Dec 2024
  1.6 km away
• Battery storage
  The Rake, Lower Jowkin Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 57 MW
  Apr 2024
  2.2 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Makin Metal Powders Limited, Buckley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 650 kW
  Sept 2023
  3.1 km away
• Battery storage
  Gipsy LaneBeing built · 20 MW
  Jul 2021
  3.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Astra Centre, Royal Barn Road - Energy StorageBeing built · 40 MW
  Feb 2024
  4.0 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Inkech, Crawford Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
  Jul 2025
  4.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Heywood Sports Village - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
  Aug 2021
  4.7 km away
• Solar farm
  Chamber HouseBeing built · 4 MW
  Apr 2023
  4.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Dig Gate Lane - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
  Apr 2025
  5.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned.

• Minor
  Lawrence Close, RochdaleRemedial works · CITYFIBRE METRO NETWORKS LTD · Give and take
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  800 m away

DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• Decided
  M60/M62/M66 Simister IslandHighways · M60 Junction 18, three miles south of Bury.
  decided Sept 2025
  10.2 km away
• Pre-application
  Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire.
  application due November 2026
  21.0 km away
• Decided
  A57 Link Roads (previously known as Trans Pennine Upgrade Programme)Highways · Within Tameside MBC and Derbyshire CC, 9miles east of Manchester, 2miles west of the Peak District
  decided Nov 2022
  22.9 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 Hooley Bridge & Norden West: +31% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): +0.6% in two years.
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