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
15storm overflows within 2 km
2,183hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
351spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Old Whittington (Chesterfield) Stwinto River Rother60 spills, 764 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Yorkshire Water
Old Whittington (Chesterfield) Stwinto River Rother29 spills, 494 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Yorkshire Water
Brimington Road North Csointo River Whitting60 spills, 324 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Troughbrook Road No 2 Csointo Trough Brook35 spills, 141 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
Yorkshire Water
Pottery Lane East Csointo River Rother39 spills, 123 hours in 2025
30 planned, approved or being built and 16 running (104 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Inkersall Primary Academy, Inkersall Green Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Mar 2026 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Rother Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Feb 2024 1.7 km away
Solar farm
Old Whittington Wastewater Treatment Works, Station Lane - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jul 2023 2.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Motorstore, Meltham Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Apr 2025 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Stagecoach Stonegravels Depot, Sheffield Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 230 kW
Sept 2024 2.5 km away
Battery storage
Lodge Farm, Calow - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jul 2025 2.7 km away
Solar farm
Stud Farm, Elliotts Butchers Farm Shop - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Apr 2024 3.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Heraeus Electro-Nite Uk, Sheffield Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 540 kW
Mar 2023 3.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Holdsworth Cold Store, Duckmanton - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Sept 2023 3.7 km away
Rooftop solar
The Surgery, Wheatbridge Road - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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 15.6 km away
Pre-application
Chesterfield to WillingtonElectric Lines · Land between the Chesterfield Substation, south-east of Chesterfield and Willington Substation, east of Willington, Derbyshire.
application due June 2027 25.2 km away
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 Brimington South & Tapton: +20% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 110 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +3.7% in two years.
Grangers International Enterprise Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2025 4.2 km away
Battery storage
Seymour, Link Road - Micro Energy Storage ProjectApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 4.4 km away
Running nearest: Staveley Power (landfill gas, 2.8 km); Arkwright Solar Farm (solar farm, 3.2 km); The Breck (solar farm, 3.4 km); Land To The East Of Back Lane (solar farm, 3.6 km); Inkersall Road, Staveley - Solar Photovoltaic Farm And Battery Storage (solar farm, 3.7 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.