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
2storm overflows within 2 km
51hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
22spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
North Anston - Ryton Road Spsinto Anston Brook19 spills, 50 hours in 2025
Quarry Lane, RotherhamNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 1000 m away
Immediate - urgent
Begonia Close, RotherhamUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Sept 2029 650 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.
application due June 2026 5.8 km away
Acceptance
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 26.4 km away
Pre-application
STEP FusionGenerating Stations · Former West Burton A Power Station Site
Robinson Healthcare, Lawn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jan 2025 6.4 km away
Solar farm
Steeley Lane, Steetley - Solar Photovoltaic FarmPlanning application in · 19 MW
Nov 2023 6.5 km away
Running nearest: Loscar Farm (wind farm, 3.9 km); Penny Hill Lane (wind farm, 6.6 km); Nether Moor Field (battery storage, 6.8 km); Holbrook Community Renewable Energy Centre (biomass, 7.8 km); Hunciecroft Farm (solar farm, 10.0 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.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.