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
1storm overflows within 2 km
30hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
7spill events counted
Severn Trent Water
Tittesworth Sewage Pumping Stationinto River Churnet7 spills, 30 hours in 2025
Greenfields Farm, Thorney Edge Road - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in
Oct 2024 10.0 km away
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Furmston Place, LeekHighway improvement works · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 550 m away
Minor
Thorncliffe Road, LeekHighway improvement works · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 800 m away
Minor
Ball Haye Green, LeekHighway improvement works · STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 850 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
Decided
Meaford Energy CentreGenerating Stations · Former Meaford Power Station site, east of Meaford Road, to the north of the town of Stone
decided Jul 2016 23.8 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 Leek East & Upper Hulme: +30% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.6% in two years.