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
11storm overflows within 2 km
1,044hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
368spill events counted
United Utilities
250m Of Ashton Road Bardsley Ps Csointo River Medlock30 spills, 305 hours in 2025
900 m away
United Utilities
Turner Lane/Alexandra Road Csointo The River Tame77 spills, 208 hours in 2025
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 Ashton North: +38% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 50 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +3.3% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Tudor Industrial Estate, Ashton Street- Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 3.6 km away
Battery storage
Printworks Road - Stalybridge Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 150 MW
Dec 2023 3.7 km away
Running nearest: Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 5.5 km); Godley Water Treatment Works (solar farm, 5.9 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 6.4 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 6.5 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.