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
5storm overflows within 2 km
1,049hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
149spill events counted
United Utilities
Glazebury Wwtwinto River Glaze50 spills, 441 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
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Hey Shoot Line Csointo River Glaze47 spills, 346 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
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Ravens Bridge Pumping Stationinto River Glaze36 spills, 174 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
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Moss Lane Combined Sewer Overflowinto Glaze Brook15 spills, 68 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
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Warrington Road Csointo Pennington Brook Via Surface Water Sewer1 spills, 20 hours in 2025
44 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (93 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Duckinfield Farm, Hurst Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2026 600 m away
Solar farm
Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 10 MW
Sept 2024 3.2 km away
Battery storage
Whitehead Landfill Site, Lower Green Lane - Battery StoragePlanning application in
Sept 2024 3.2 km away
Solar farm
Silver Lane, Risley - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 5 MW
Aug 2023 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, The Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
Feb 2026 4.0 km away
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Genesis Centre, Garrett Field - Solar PV SystemApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jan 2025 5.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Ferrous Way - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Mar 2025 6.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Ferrous Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 290 kW
Jan 2023 6.0 km away
Rooftop solar
CSG Cadishead Weee, Liverpool Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Nov 2023 6.6 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).
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
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 23.4 km away
Decision
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 Culcheth West & Croft: +31% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.0% in two years.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
application due 30 May 2025 24.9 km away
Pre-application
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 27.1 km away
Decided
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 27.8 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.