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
152hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
92spill events counted
United Utilities
Cleveland Drive Csointo Millingford Brook35 spills, 56 hours in 2025
43 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (46 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022 2.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Newton Le Willows Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Jan 2025 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Enviropax, Hall Wood Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 3.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Bellerophon Way TescoApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
May 2019 4.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Starbank Panel Products, Junction Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 460 kW
Oct 2022 4.8 km away
Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025 5.6 km away
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 5.8 km away
Anaerobic digestion
Winwick Link Road, Winwick - Anaerobic Digestion FacilityPlanning application in · 1 MW
Jul 2025 6.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024 6.2 km away
Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 6.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Ashton Road, GolborneNew service connection · WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 700 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
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Other 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 26.5 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.
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.