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
12storm overflows within 2 km
978hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
180spill events counted
United Utilities
Warrington North Wwtwinto Mersey Estuary59 spills, 521 hours in 2025
40 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (61 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Warrington Teaching Hospital, Lovely Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
May 2026 1.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Halliwell Jones Stadium, Winwick Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Mar 2026 2.0 km away
Solar farm
Former St Michaels Golf CourseBeing built · 1 MW
Jan 2020 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Beamont Collegiate Academy, Long Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Jan 2026 3.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Automobiles, Europa Boulevard - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Mar 2025 3.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Fairchild Road, Burtonwood & Westbrook - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2023 3.7 km away
Battery storage
Grappenhall Village Sports Club, Stockton Lane - Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 3.9 km away
Solar farm
Haweswater Car Park - Solar CanopyApproved, not yet built · 870 kW
Oct 2024 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Christeyns Food Hygiene, Cameron Court - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Dec 2024 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Dominos Pizza, Skyline Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 990 kW
Feb 20234.0 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 7.5 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
application due Dec 2027 9.7 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
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 18 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Units 2-4 Opus 9 Industrial Estate - Roof mounted solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
May 2022 4.1 km away
Rooftop solar
The Hut Group, Skyline Drive - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 7 MW
Jul 2025 4.1 km away
Running nearest: Warrington Home Solar Scheme (rooftop solar, 950 m); Arpley Landfill Scheme 'A' (landfill gas, 2.3 km); Arpley Landfill Scheme 'B' (landfill gas, 2.3 km); Amazon Omega Business Park (rooftop solar, 3.7 km); Daresbury Science Park - Solar Array (solar farm, 4.7 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.
application due April 2027 19.5 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.
Keuper Gas Storage ProjectUnderground Gas Storage Facilities · Holford Brinefield, approximately 3km north of Middlewich, Cheshire.
decided Mar 2017 21.5 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.
application due January 2028 25.9 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.