What's changing near WF15 7EH
Within 2 km, around Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown in Kirklees. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
8new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
28homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4%like-for-like prices in Heckmondwike Town, Norristhorpe & Roberttown, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-17%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
11homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 40 m²
18since energy certificates began (2008)
1in WF15 7EH itself
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
10storm overflows within 2 km
1,270hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
265spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Listing Mill Farm Csointo Tributary Of The River Spen74 spills, 604 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Yorkshire Water
Heckmondwike No 2 Csointo River Spen23 spills, 200 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Morrisons Car Park Csointo River Spen43 spills, 160 hours in 2025
1.0 km away - Yorkshire Water
Spenborough Spsinto River Calder And River Spen26 spills, 137 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Permit Applied Forinto Permit Applied For31 spills, 100 hours in 2025
1.0 km away - Yorkshire Water
High Street Heckmondwike No 2 Csointo Culverted Trib Of Spen River35 spills, 38 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Yorkshire Water
Chapel Lane No 2 Csointo Trib Of River Spen26 spills, 28 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - Yorkshire Water
Permit Applied Forinto Permit Applied For7 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
46 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (16 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Wesco Aircraft Emea, Leeds Road - Solar PhotovoltaicApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Apr 2024
1.4 km away - Battery storage
Station Road - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built
Mar 2022
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Calder Textiles, Dewsbury Mills - Solar Photovoltaic EquipmentApproved, not yet built
Aug 2023
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Railway Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Apr 2026
4.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Huddersfield Audi, Leeds Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Dec 2025
5.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Ellis Hill Trading Estate, Leeds Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jul 2024
5.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Aflex Hose, Dyson Wood Way - olar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jun 2024
5.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Aflex House, Dyson Wood Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 890 kW
Jan 2023
5.7 km away - Solar farm
Howden Clough Landfill, Howden Clough Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 2 MW
Jan 2026
6.0 km away - Battery storage
Former Howden Clough, Howden Clough Road - Battery UnitsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2023
6.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
5 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
- Major
Balmfield Crescent, LiversedgeUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Major, planned
Wormald Street, LiversedgeUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Wormald Street, LiversedgeUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Standard
Balmfield Crescent, LiversedgeUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
500 m away - Standard
Fountain Street, LiversedgeNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 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
Calderdale Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Walshaw Moor, on either side of the three Walshaw Dean Reservoirs in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire. application due November 2026
26.2 km away - 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). application due February 2028
26.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
26.9 km away - Pre-application
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. application due June 2027
27.2 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.
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 6.4 km); Vine Street EfW (energy from waste, 7.6 km); Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.1 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.