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
20storm overflows within 2 km
1,390hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
298spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Spenborough Spsinto River Calder And River Spen51 spills, 426 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
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Yws Unknown Sites Defaultinto Calder41 spills, 225 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
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Thornhill Dewsbury No1 Csointo River Calder36 spills, 173 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Ravens Huddersfield Rd Csointo River Calder27 spills, 122 hours in 2025
650 m away
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Pildacre Lane Csointo Pildacre Mill Beck28 spills, 94 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
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Yws Unknown Sites Defaultinto River Calder21 spills, 85 hours in 2025
600 m away
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Thornhill Syphon Csointo River Calder16 spills, 67 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Not Matched In Ea Consents Databaseinto Not Matched In Ea Consents Database11 spills, 56 hours in 2025
Fall Lane, DewsburyOptional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Apr 2027 950 m away
Standard
Mill Street West, DewsburyUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 600 m away
Minor
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
Pre-application
Ferrybridge Carbon Capture and StorageOther Pipe-lines · The Ferrybridge Energy from Waste Carbon Capture and Storage project is located near Knottingley within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire and administrative area of the Wakefield Metropolitan DC. The site is located to the west of the River Aire and the east of the A1(M).
Ferrybridge Next Generation Power StationGenerating Stations · Land at and within the vicinity of the former Ferrybridge C Power Station Site, Kirkhaw Lane, Ferrybridge, Knottingley, West Yorkshire – within the administrative area of Metropolitan District of Wakefield, and a land corridor extending eastwards into the administrative area of North Yorkshire Council.
Light Valley SolarGenerating Stations · The Proposed Development includes seven land parcels (Sites 1-4 and 6-8) which are strategically situated in the rural expanse between Monk Fryston and Hillam, Hambleton and Escrick. Site 1 is the northernmost parcel, part of the Escrick Estate and is approximately 430m east of Escrick. The western parcels (Sites 2, 6, 7 and 8) situated to the east of South Milford and north-east of Monk Fryston are located close to the Milford Curve rail line and are characterised by arable landscape dotted with farm structures. The southern most parcels (Sites 3 and 4) are also characterised by arable landscape and are located to the east of Monk Fryston; with Site 4 being located just east of Birkin, on the northern edge of the River Aire.
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 Dewsbury Savile Town & Thornhill Lees: +35% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.6% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
New Hall Farm, New Hall Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 22 MW
Jun 2025 5.2 km away
Solar farm
H M Prison & Young Offender Institution - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2021 5.4 km away
Running nearest: Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 4.2 km); Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.9 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.
Orchard Street, DewsburyPermanent reinstatement · YORKSHIRE WATER · Priority working
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 100 m away
Minor
Orchard Street, DewsburyHighway repair and maintenance works · KIRKLEES COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 250 m away
Minor
Savile Grove, DewsburyHighway repair and maintenance works · KIRKLEES COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 250 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
application due in February 2026 29.9 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.