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
8storm overflows within 2 km
118hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
75spill events counted
United Utilities
Warrington New Road (42060)into Hardshaw Brook18 spills, 34 hours in 2025
48 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (9 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Biffa Electricity Generating Compound, Burtonhead Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2022 400 m away
Hydrogen
St Helens Green Hydrogen FacilityApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
May 2025 700 m away
Energy from waste
Sutton Heath RoadApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
Mar 2017 750 m away
Rooftop solar
Queens Park Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 320 kW
Feb 2025 750 m away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Renault, Delphwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 1.3 km away
Rooftop solar
College Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jun 2024 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
St Helens Rugby League Stadium, Peasley Cross Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Jan 2023 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Mere Grange, Leaside - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jun 2025 2.3 km away
Rooftop solar
The Sutton Academy, Elton Head Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Sept 2025 2.6 km away
Battery storage
Sutton Manor - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 57 MW
Sept 2022 3.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
6 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Chamberlain Street, St HelensUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 800 m away
Standard
Roscoe Street, St HelensUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Standard
Mona Street, St HelensUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 800 m away
Standard
Rivington Street, St HelensUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Minor
Prescot Road, St HelensRemedial works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 850 m away
Minor
Dunriding Lane, St HelensRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Two-way signals
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-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).
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
application due 30 May 2025 16.4 km away
Pre-application
Mersey Tidal Power ProjectGenerating Stations · This will be an in-river proposal, located within the Mersey Riverine
environment. The Project will be located towards the mouth of the River
Mersey, between the Wirral on the west and Liverpool to the east.
application due January 2028 17.9 km away
Pre-application
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 19 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Lea Green Business Park, Eurolink - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Jul 2025 3.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Lea Green Business Park, Eurolink - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 550 kW
Jun 2024 3.3 km away
Running nearest: Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 6.7 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 7.0 km); Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme (landfill gas, 7.3 km); Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II (landfill gas, 7.3 km); Amazon Omega Business Park (rooftop solar, 7.4 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.
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
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.