Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Oldham › Neighbourhood Clough & Shaw Side › Postcode OL2 8QA What's changing near OL2 8QA Within 2 km, around Clough & Shaw Side in Oldham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
233 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
433 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.9% like-for-like prices in Clough & Shaw Side, 2024 → 2025 (council +6.4%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 45 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 42 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 Planning permission 8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in OL2 8QA itself
Extended certificate 2014 Extended 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
72 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
27 spill events counted
United Utilities 674 Ripponden Road Cso into Clvrt'D Section Hodge Clough 23 spills, 63 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Cowlishaw Cso into Luzley Brook 4 spills, 10 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 40 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (3 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Ellenroad Farm, Bentgate Street - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Dig Gate Lane - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar Molnlycke Healthcare, Brook Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 470 kW
Mar 2023 Rooftop solar Oldham Athletic Football Club, Hilbre Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Oct 2025 Rooftop solar Sainsburys Supermarkets, Union Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Tesco Stores, Featherstall Road North - Roof Mounted Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 420 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Featherstall Road Tesco (Chadderton) Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2020 Rooftop solar Manor Mill, Victoria Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Inkech, Crawford Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Bentfield Industrial Units Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
May 2020 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 Decided decided Sept 2025 Decided decided Nov 2022 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 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.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.