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
593hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
140spill events counted
United Utilities
250m Of Ashton Road Bardsley Ps Csointo River Medlock30 spills, 305 hours in 2025
850 m away
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Snipe Clough Csointo Glodwick Brook20 spills, 93 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
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Newmarket Road Psinto Taunton Brook, Trib Of Medlock33 spills, 87 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
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Coal Pit Lane Csointo River Medlock Via Sws15 spills, 43 hours in 2025
850 m away
United Utilities
Gambrel Bank Road Cso 441u7into Downshaw Brook22 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
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Hollinwood Cemetery Csointo Lords Brook5 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
United Utilities
Hathershaw Csointo River Medlock3 spills, 10 hours in 2025
850 m away
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Green Lane Lyndhurst Ave Csointo Smallshaw Brook5 spills, 8 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 Holt Lane End & Bardsley: +37% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.2% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 29 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Bentfield Industrial UnitsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
May 2020 3.6 km away
Battery storage
Chadderton - Battery Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
May 2022 3.6 km away
Running nearest: Reliance Street Mechanical Biological Treatment Facility (MBT) (anaerobic digestion, 4.9 km); Central Park - Solar photovaltics (rooftop solar, 6.4 km); Scouthead Power Plant (landfill gas, 6.4 km); The National Cycling Centre Velodrome (rooftop solar, 6.4 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.