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
22storm overflows within 2 km
884hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
433spill events counted
United Utilities
Hope Street Combined Sewer Overflowinto River Mersey84 spills, 184 hours in 2025
850 m away
United Utilities
Penny Lane Grimesbottom Cso 43122into River Tame35 spills, 138 hours in 2025
500 m away
United Utilities
Wellington Road South Csointo River Mersey50 spills, 115 hours in 2025
550 m away
United Utilities
Princes Street Csointo River Mersey54 spills, 114 hours in 2025
250 m away
United Utilities
Travis Brow/Georges Road Csointo River Mersey56 spills, 86 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
United Utilities
Great Underbank Cso 43200 Stk0039into Clvrt Section Of River Mersey39 spills, 75 hours in 2025
400 m away
United Utilities
Stockport Rd Essex Ave Cso 432skinto River Mersey Estuary Via Sws29 spills, 34 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Newbridge Lane Csointo River Goyt2 spills, 28 hours in 2025
Peak Cluster CCS PipelineOther Pipe-lines · A carbon dioxide transport pipeline network connecting carbon capture sites in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire to a coastal location on the Wirral peninsula
application due September 2027 27.1 km away
Decided
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 28.2 km away
Pre-application
Keuper Underground Gas Storage Facility Material Change 1Underground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, Cheshire, approximately 3km due West of the M6 and 3km North of Junction 18. This area is bounded to the west by the A530 (King Street) and to the east by the B5081.The Gas Processing Plant (GPP) will be located approximately 369886 East, 370226 North.
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 Central Stockport, Portwood & Shaw Heath: +37% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 360 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +2.6% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 31 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Ashton Road, Bredbury - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 75 MW
Jul 2025 2.9 km away
Battery storage
Goyt Hall Farm, Goyt Valley Footpath - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 40 MW
Aug 2024 2.9 km away
Running nearest: Audi Stockport, Brinksway, Edgeley - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 1.3 km); Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System (battery storage, 1.6 km); Bredbury Park Way - AD Stockport (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 3.4 km); Denton Hall Farm Road, Denton - Solar Photovoltaic System (rooftop solar, 4.2 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 5.4 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.
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 500 m away
Standard
Wellington Road North, StockportHighway repair and maintenance works · SP Electricity North West · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 800 m away
Minor
Belmont Way, StockportHighway improvement works · STOCKPORT METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 450 m away
Minor
Edward Street, StockportUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 950 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
application due April 2027 28.4 km away
Pre-application
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north).
application due May 2027 28.6 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.