Country England and Wales › Region North West › Council Tameside › Neighbourhood Hurst Cross › Postcode OL6 8YE What's changing near OL6 8YE Within 2 km, around Hurst Cross in Tameside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
106 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
139 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+9.3% like-for-like prices in Hurst Cross, 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 5 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 34 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New school Jun 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 Planning permission Feb 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024
Nov 2024 Planning permission Permission for 78 homes Former Stalybridge Clinic, Stamford Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1JZ (full planning permission) Feb 2024 Planning permission 14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
28 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in OL6 8YE 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 18 storm overflows within 2 km
1,599 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
311 spill events counted
United Utilities Mossley Stw into River Tame 60 spills, 650 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Mossley Stw into River Tame 48 spills, 444 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Grove Road Cso into River Tame 71 spills, 246 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Broadoak Road Cso (44018) into Taunton (Smallshaw Beck) 55 spills, 137 hours in 2025
1.7 km away United Utilities Canal Bank Transformer Hse Cso into Swineshaw Brook Trib Rvr Tame 33 spills, 63 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Gambrel Bank Road Cso 441u7 into Downshaw Brook 22 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.9 km away United Utilities Rassbottom Street Cso into River Tame 3 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.8 km away United Utilities Green Lane Lyndhurst Ave Cso into Smallshaw Brook 5 spills, 8 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 54 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (50 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Tameside College, Beaufort Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 150 MW
Dec 2023 Landfill gas Tame Power - Flexible Energy Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Dec 2024 Battery storage Holden Way Approved, not yet built · 6 MW
Jun 2018 Battery storage Tame Box, Tame Street - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar Burlington Street - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 910 kW
Jan 2024 Battery storage Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 27 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Tudor Industrial Estate, Ashton Street- Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 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 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, 5.0 km); Scouthead Power Plant (landfill gas, 6.4 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 7.2 km); Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 7.5 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 8.2 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.