What's changing near SK8 4BB
Within 2 km, around Gatley North in Stockport. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
46new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
28homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4%like-for-like prices in Gatley North, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.2%)
–crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025
Jun 2025
2.0 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedflats · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.5 km away - New school
New school: Peel Hall Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led, primary
Sept 2024
1.6 km away - School closed
School closed: Ashcroft SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jul 2024
1.6 km away - Planning permissionDec 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permissionOct 2023
1.4 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
29homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 28 m²
49since energy certificates began (2008)
3in SK8 4BB itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2023
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
7storm overflows within 2 km
534hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
165spill events counted
- United Utilities
650yds Ds Kingway Rvr Bridge Csointo River Mersey48 spills, 219 hours in 2025
950 m away - United Utilities
Cheadle Golf Course Cso (43198)into Micker Brook36 spills, 122 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Tbcinto Micker Brook44 spills, 109 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - United Utilities
Outside 91 Styal Road Csointo Gatley Brook Via Sws7 spills, 41 hours in 2025
950 m away - United Utilities
Mill Lane Cemetery Csointo Chorlton Brook15 spills, 32 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Abney Hallinto Micker Brook12 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - United Utilities
Altrincham Rd Westend Ave Cso 431bsinto Gatley Brook Via Sws3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
400 m away
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
67 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (110 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Weinerberger House, Brooks Drive - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 130 kW
Sept 2024
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Scotscroft Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Feb 2024
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Store East DidsburyApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jan 2020
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Styal Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 160 kW
May 2026
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Bird Hall Lane, Cheadle Heath - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 510 kW
Mar 2026
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Burnage StoreApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jan 2020
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Hercules Office Park, Bird Hall Lane - Solar ArraysApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023
3.5 km away - Battery storage
Adswood Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
Aug 2025
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Cheadle Hulme School, Claremont Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Oct 2023
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Mercedes Benz, Heaton Mersey - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2023
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
12 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
- Major, planned
M60 J3 Link From A34 N To M56 W, StockportWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major
M60 J3 Link From A34 N To M56 W, StockportWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major, planned
M60 J4 Leave To A34 E, ManchesterWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Major
M60 J4 Leave To A34 E, ManchesterWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Major, planned
M60 J3 Link From M56 W To A34 N, StockportWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Major
M60 J3 Link From M56 W To A34 N, StockportWorks for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Standard
South Drive Icw Styal Road, CheadleUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 m away - Minor
Springfield Road, CheadleHighway improvement works · STOCKPORT METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Minor
Alcester Road, CheadleHighway improvement works · STOCKPORT METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
500 m away
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Aug 2014
12.5 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2022
16.9 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2025
17.6 km away - Pre-application
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
21.8 km away - Decided
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire. decided Mar 2017
23.3 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.
Running nearest: South Manchester Resource Recovery Centre (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 850 m); Audi Stockport, Brinksway, Edgeley - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 4.3 km); West Didsbury Battery Storage (battery storage, 4.3 km); Welkin Road, Bredbury - Battery Storage System (battery storage, 7.0 km); Tesco Super-Store (Garratt Way, Gorton) (rooftop solar, 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.