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
18storm overflows within 2 km
1,419hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
384spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Woodhouse Mill Wwtwinto River Rother50 spills, 330 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Yorkshire Water
Glenholme Road Csointo Trib Of Shirtcliff Brook41 spills, 185 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Yorkshire Water
Retford Rd Recreation Ground 3 Csointo River Rother53 spills, 185 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Yorkshire Water
Retford Road Csointo River Rother19 spills, 176 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Yorkshire Water
Woodhouse Mill Wwtwinto River Rother19 spills, 159 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Yorkshire Water
Treeton Mill Lane Sew Pumping Stninto River Rother29 spills, 120 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Yorkshire Water
Bramley Park Close Csointo Shirtcliff Brook37 spills, 106 hours in 2025
58 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (190 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Orgreave Place - Flexible Energy FacilityApproved, not yet built
Mar 2026 550 m away
Rooftop solar
Advanced Blade Building, Brunel Way - Solar PhotovoltaicsApproved, not yet built · 810 kW
Nov 2024 1.7 km away
Battery storage
Brinsworth Road, Brinsworth - Battery Energy storagePlanning application in · 40 MW
Sept 2024 3.2 km away
Battery storage
Chesterfield Road, Swallownest - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in
Sept 2023 3.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Vodafone Telephone Exchange, Europa Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Mar 2023 3.8 km away
Battery storage
Darnall Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
Aug 2022 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Clipper Logistics, Shepcote Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jan 2023 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Broughton Lane - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Feb 2022 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Charnock Hall Primary School, Carter Hall Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
Jun 2026 4.2 km away
Rooftop solar
The Food Warehouse, Meadowhall Retail Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026 4.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
5 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned
Orgreave Road, SheffieldUtility asset works · SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 500 m away
Major
Orgreave Road, SheffieldUtility asset works · SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 500 m away
Standard
Orgreave Place, SheffieldUtility asset works · SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 600 m away
Standard
Richmond Avenue, SheffieldDisconnection or alteration of supply · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 850 m away
Standard
Bramley Avenue, SheffieldDisconnection or alteration of supply · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 850 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
Pre-examination
Whitestone Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Approximately 8km east of Rotherham, within the administrative areas of the City of Doncaster Council and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.
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 Handsworth South: +38% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.5% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 38 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Shepcote Lane - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 4 MW
Aug 2023 4.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Jessops Riverside, Brightside Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Mar 2024 4.9 km away
Running nearest: Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (wind farm, 1.8 km); Sheffield ERF (energy from waste, 4.9 km); Holbrook Community Renewable Energy Centre (biomass, 5.5 km); Penny Hill Lane (wind farm, 5.6 km); Blackburn Meadows Biomass Plant (biomass, 5.6 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.