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
5storm overflows within 2 km
137hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
56spill events counted
United Utilities
Snipe Clough Csointo Glodwick Brook20 spills, 93 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
United Utilities
Suffolk St Combined Sewer Overflowinto Bower Brook Via Sws26 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Hollinwood Cemetery Csointo Lords Brook5 spills, 12 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Limeside Rd/Church Csointo Lords Brook3 spills, 4 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Limeside Road/Fox Mill Csointo Moston Brook Via Sws2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
65 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (48 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Lowerfields Farm, Warren Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 27 MW
Jul 2025 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys Supermarkets, Union Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Apr 2026 1.5 km away
Battery storage
Bentfield Industrial UnitsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
May 2020 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores, Featherstall Road North - Roof Mounted Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 420 kW
Jul 2023 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Featherstall Road Tesco (Chadderton)Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2020 2.3 km away
Battery storage
Chadderton - Battery Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
May 2022 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Molnlycke Healthcare, Brook Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 470 kW
Mar 2023 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Middleton Associates, Chadderton - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Oct 2023 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Manor Mill, Victoria Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
Dec 2022 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
IGC, Lydia Becker Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
Sept 2025 2.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Snowden Street, OldhamDisconnection or alteration of supply · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 550 m away
Standard
Footpath From The Spur To Lichens Crescent And Dowry Street At Side Of 36 The Spur, OldhamNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 m away
Minor
Chamber Road, OldhamUtility asset works · Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 750 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
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 Hathershaw: +61% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 290 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +9.0% in two years.
Permission for 30 homesFormer High Barn Resource Centre, High Barn Street, Royton, Oldham, OL2 6DW (full planning permission)
Jun 2022 700 m away
New school
New school: Westwood Boys SchoolOther independent school, other independent school
Jan 2022 1.7 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 37 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Land at Wrigley HeadBeing built · 900 kW
Mar 2026 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Oldham Athletic Football Club, Hilbre Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Oct 2025 3.2 km away
Running nearest: Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 5.1 km); Scouthead Power Plant (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Central Park - Solar photovaltics (rooftop solar, 6.4 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 6.9 km); City Football Academy, Ashton New Road - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 7.3 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.