What's changing near OL13 9UQ

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  6 new homes completedflats · Mar 2025
  Mar 2025
  1.7 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesADJACENT 93 BURNLEY ROAD BACUP LANCASHIRE OL13 8PZ (permission in principle)
  Oct 2024
  1.4 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesOLD MARKET HALL, BACUP (full planning permission)
  Oct 2023
  2.0 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesFORMER CAR PARK, PARK ROAD, HELMSHORE (full planning permission)
  Jun 2021
  1.5 km away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 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 →

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
  Hammertonstreet/Stanley Street Csointo River Irwell9 spills, 9 hours in 2025
  1.6 km away
• United Utilities
  Burnley Road Bacup Csointo River Irwell1 spills, 9 hours in 2025
  1.6 km away
• United Utilities
  South Street/Pickup Street Csointo River Irwell4 spills, 1 hours in 2025
  1.8 km away
• United Utilities
  Greave Clough Drive Csointo Greave Clough Via Sws0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.2 km away
• United Utilities
  Tong Lane/Reed Street Csointo Gleave Clough Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.5 km away
• United Utilities
  Wellington Hotel Csointo Culverted Trib Of River Irwell0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.6 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

8 planned, approved or being built and 14 running (162 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Battery storage
  Park Road Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 10 MW
  Nov 2021
  2.6 km away
• Solar farm
  Coal Clough Wind Farm (Co-located)Planning application in · 10 MW
  Sept 2019
  4.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Sandholme Iron Works, Halifax Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 830 kW
  Feb 2024
  6.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Former Bull & Butcher Pub - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
  Jul 2023
  8.1 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Corrosion Resistant Products, Todmorden Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
  Feb 2025
  9.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Makin Metal Powders Limited, Buckley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 650 kW
  Sept 2023
  9.5 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Norden Community School - Solar PV SystemsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
  Aug 2021
  9.8 km away
• Solar farm
  Safran Nacelles, Bancroft Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
  Apr 2024
  10.0 km away

Running nearest: Reaps Moss Wind Farm (wind farm, 1.8 km); Todmorden Moor (wind farm, 2.1 km); Coal Clough Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.4 km); Coal Clough Wind Farm Repowering (wind farm, 4.4 km); Deerplay Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.8 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.

Road and street works within 1 km

No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).

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

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• 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
  12.9 km away
• Decided
  M60/M62/M66 Simister IslandHighways · M60 Junction 18, three miles south of Bury.
  decided Sept 2025
  19.0 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 Bacup: +50% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 30 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): +0.4% in two years.
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