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
32hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
36spill events counted
United Utilities
St Helens Road Cso 422szinto Unnamed Trib Of Eccleston Mere35 spills, 31 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Crab St/Duke Stinto Hardshaw Brook1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
49 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (34 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Hydrogen
St Helens Green Hydrogen FacilityApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
May 2025 650 m away
Energy from waste
Sutton Heath RoadApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
Mar 2017 800 m away
Battery storage
Biffa Electricity Generating Compound, Burtonhead Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2022 1.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Mere Grange, Leaside - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jun 2025 1.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Renault, Delphwood Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 1.5 km away
Rooftop solar
The Sutton Academy, Elton Head Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Sept 2025 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
St Helens Rugby League Stadium, Peasley Cross Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Jan 2023 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Queens Park Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 320 kW
Feb 2025 2.0 km away
Battery storage
Sutton Manor - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 57 MW
Sept 2022 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Lea Green Business Park, Eurolink - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Jul 2025 2.1 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).
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
application due 30 May 2025 15.2 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 17.5 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
21 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 1.0 km away
New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · May 2025
May 2025 650 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 22 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Lea Green Business Park, Eurolink - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 550 kW
Jun 2024 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
College Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jun 2024 2.6 km away
Running nearest: Amazon Omega Business Park (rooftop solar, 6.8 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.9 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 8.2 km); Holiday Moss Landfill Gas Scheme (landfill gas, 8.5 km); Holiday Moss Gas to Energy II (landfill gas, 8.5 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.
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
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.