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
533hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
79spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Hard Lane Pumping Stationinto Broad Bridge Dyke31 spills, 433 hours in 2025
650 m away
Yorkshire Water
Yorkshire Water Services Limited, Tinto Todwick Beck10 spills, 64 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Severn Trent Water
Harthill - Field Off Hard Lane Csointo Broad Bridge Dike21 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Severn Trent Water
Kiveton Park - Wales Road Csointo Tributary Of Broad Bridge Dyke8 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Yorkshire Water
Wales Manor Road Csointo Tributary Of Todwick Beck9 spills, 4 hours in 2025
29 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (96 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Hard Lane, Kiveton Park - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in
Feb 2025 900 m away
Solar farm
Common Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 49 MW
Jun 2023 3.2 km away
Battery storage
Common Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 49 MW
Jun 2023 3.2 km away
Solar farm
New South Farm, Piper Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 31 MW
Dec 2024 3.7 km away
Battery storage
New South Farm, Piper Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 12 MW
Dec 2024 3.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Macalloy, Caxton Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025 4.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Advanced alloy services, Nobel Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Apr 2026 4.1 km away
Battery storage
Chesterfield Road, Swallownest - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in
Sept 2023 5.1 km away
Battery storage
Westthorpe Fields Road, Killamarsh - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2023 5.6 km away
Battery storage
Thurcroft Battery Storage, Green Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026 6.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major
Anston Avenue, RotherhamUtility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 400 m away
Major
Station Road, RotherhamUtility asset works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Multi-way signals
Jun 2026 to Nov 2026 500 m away
Minor
Sandwith Road, RotherhamNew service connection · BT · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 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 28.9 km away
Pre-application
STEP FusionGenerating Stations · Former West Burton A Power Station Site
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 Kiveton, Todwick & Harthill: +24% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 200 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +3.5% in two years.
Green Lane, Thurcroft - Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 85 MW
May 2023 6.6 km away
Solar farm
Thurcroft Interchange Energy Park - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
Jun 2025 6.8 km away
Running nearest: Loscar Farm (wind farm, 3.5 km); Penny Hill Lane (wind farm, 5.2 km); Holbrook Community Renewable Energy Centre (biomass, 5.3 km); Nether Moor Field (battery storage, 6.5 km); Land at Oxcroft Stocking Ground (solar farm, 9.4 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.