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
3storm overflows within 2 km
644hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
29 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (81 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Macalloy, Caxton Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025 650 m away
Rooftop solar
Advanced alloy services, Nobel Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Apr 2026 1.3 km away
Solar farm
Common Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 49 MW
Jun 2023 2.1 km away
Battery storage
Common Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 49 MW
Jun 2023 2.1 km away
Battery storage
Hard Lane, Kiveton Park - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in
Feb 2025 4.5 km away
Battery storage
Thurcroft Battery Storage, Green Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 5.2 km away
Battery storage
Green Lane, Thurcroft - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 85 MW
May 2023 5.2 km away
Battery storage
Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Nov 2025 5.4 km away
Solar farm
New South Farm, Piper Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 31 MW
Dec 2024 5.5 km away
Battery storage
New South Farm, Piper Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 12 MW
Dec 2024 5.5 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Broadoaks Close, RotherhamDisconnection or alteration of supply · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 100 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.
North Humber to High MarnhamElectric Lines · The Project would establish a new 400 kilovolt (kV) transmission connection approximately 90 kilometres(km) in length between a new substation to be built in the vicinity of Birkhill Wood, located to the north of Hull near Creyke Beck in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and a new substation at High Marnham in Nottinghamshire.
application due October 2026 25.4 km away
Pre-application
STEP FusionGenerating Stations · Former West Burton A Power Station Site
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 14 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Moat Lane, Wickersley - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 100 MW
Nov 2025 5.5 km away
Solar farm
Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
Jun 2025 5.7 km away
Running nearest: Nether Moor Field (battery storage, 5.1 km); Penny Hill Lane (wind farm, 5.7 km); Loscar Farm (wind farm, 6.0 km); Holbrook Community Renewable Energy Centre (biomass, 8.7 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.
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.