Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Tameside › Neighbourhood Smallshaw › Postcode OL6 8LG What's changing near OL6 8LG Within 2 km, around Smallshaw in Tameside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
127 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
227 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-3.2% like-for-like prices in Smallshaw, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.6%)
– crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 31 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 34 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 10 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New school Aug 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 School closed School closed: Greater Manchester Alternative Provision Other independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jun 2025 Planning permission Apr 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024
9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
39 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in OL6 8LG 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 14 storm overflows within 2 km
1,246 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
427 spill events counted
United Utilities 250m Of Ashton Road Bardsley Ps Cso into River Medlock 30 spills, 305 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Turner Lane/Alexandra Road Cso into The River Tame 77 spills, 208 hours in 2025
900 m away United Utilities Wharf Street Cso 44184 into River Tame 59 spills, 202 hours in 2025
1.6 km away United Utilities Broadoak Road Cso (44018) into Taunton (Smallshaw Beck) 55 spills, 137 hours in 2025
600 m away United Utilities Lower Wharf St/Scotland St Cso into River Tame 60 spills, 111 hours in 2025
950 m away United Utilities Lower Wharf Street Cso 442ec into River Tame 66 spills, 103 hours in 2025
900 m away United Utilities Newmarket Road Ps into Taunton Brook, Trib Of Medlock 33 spills, 87 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Coal Pit Lane Cso into River Medlock Via Sws 15 spills, 43 hours in 2025
1.9 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 64 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (70 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Tameside College, Beaufort Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Tameside General Hospital, Fountain Street - Solar Panels Planning application in · 310 kW
Jun 2026 Other Tameside General Hospital - Energy Centre Planning application in · 2 MW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Burlington Street - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 910 kW
Jan 2024 Battery storage Holden Way Approved, not yet built · 6 MW
Jun 2018 Landfill gas Tame Power - Flexible Energy Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Dec 2024 Battery storage Tame Box, Tame Street - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar Laurus Ryecroft High School, Lumb Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Tudor Industrial Estate, Ashton Street- Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 150 MW
Dec 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 21 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major Cottingham Drive, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Lower Green, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Hulme Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Ripon Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne Disconnection or alteration of supply · TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Holden Street Pt 1, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Curzon Road Connection, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Curzon Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Herries Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Herries Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne Disconnection or alteration of supply · TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Nov 2022 Decided decided Sept 2025 Decided decided Aug 2014 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: Godley Water Treatment Works (solar farm, 4.8 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 5.7 km); Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 6.0 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 6.5 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 6.7 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.