What's changing near WA11 0GN
Within 2 km, around Haydock East in St. Helens. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
2new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+9.5%like-for-like prices in Haydock East, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-27%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New schoolJan 2022
1.0 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
10since energy certificates began (2008)
2in WA11 0GN itself
- Extendedcertificate 2022
- Extendedcertificate 2012
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
2storm overflows within 2 km
35hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
6spill events counted
- United Utilities
Vicarage Roadinto Clipsley Brook5 spills, 34 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - United Utilities
Grange Valley Cso (42003)into Freshwater Stteam1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.2 km 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
47 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (10 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Bellerophon Way TescoApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
May 2019
700 m away - Rooftop solar
Enviropax, Hall Wood Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026
750 m away - Rooftop solar
Newton Le Willows Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Jan 2025
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Starbank Panel Products, Junction Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 460 kW
Oct 2022
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022
4.0 km away - Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
St Helens Rugby League Stadium, Peasley Cross Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Jan 2023
4.7 km away - Rooftop solar
College Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jun 2024
4.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Renault, Delphwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
5.1 km away - Battery storage
Biffa Electricity Generating Compound, Burtonhead Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 20225.7 km away
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-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
5.7 km away - Decideddecided May 2015
11.8 km away - Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester application due 30 May 2025
19.5 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due Dec 2027
19.7 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2014
22.7 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 202823.7 km away
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 5.2 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 6.5 km); Amazon Omega Business Park (rooftop solar, 7.2 km); Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme (landfill gas, 8.3 km); Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II (landfill gas, 8.3 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.