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
3storm overflows within 2 km
95hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
15spill events counted
United Utilities
Lodge Lane Pumping Stationinto Ellams Brook,Trib Newton Brook13 spills, 94 hours in 2025
150 m away
United Utilities
Mill Lane Cso 425e6into Newton Brook2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Park Road Northinto Millingford (Newton) Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
48 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (21 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Newton Le Willows Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Jan 2025 900 m away
Rooftop solar
Enviropax, Hall Wood Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Bellerophon Way TescoApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
May 2019 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Starbank Panel Products, Junction Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 460 kW
Oct 2022 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022 4.1 km away
Anaerobic digestion
Winwick Link Road, Winwick - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityPlanning application in · 1 MW
Jul 2025 5.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Units 2-4 Opus 9 Industrial Estate - Roof mounted solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2022 5.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Automobiles, Europa Boulevard - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Mar 2025 5.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Christeyns Food Hygiene, Cameron Court - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Dec 2024 5.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Lockheed Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 20235.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
6 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major
Borron Road, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 500 m away
Major
Borron Road, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 500 m away
Major
Dixon Avenue, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 550 m away
Major
Elston Avenue, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 550 m away
Major
Wightman Avenue, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 650 m away
Major
Borron Road, St HelensUtility repair and maintenance works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 750 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).
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 2027 18.8 km away
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
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 25.1 km away
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 Earlestown North: +46% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +0.5% in two years.
City Plumbing, Lockheed Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 640 kW
Jun 2024 5.8 km away
Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025 5.9 km away
Running nearest: Amazon Omega Business Park (rooftop solar, 6.8 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.1 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 8.5 km); Warrington Home Solar Scheme (rooftop solar, 9.0 km); Risley '4' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 9.1 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.
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.
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.
application due April 2027 29.1 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.