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
9storm overflows within 2 km
1,286hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
215spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Caldervale (Wakefield) Stwinto River Calder47 spills, 511 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Yorkshire Water
Crofton Stwinto Oakenshaw Beck50 spills, 220 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Portobello Spsinto Pugney'S Drain27 spills, 134 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Yorkshire Water
Thornes Lane Wharfe Csointo River Calder30 spills, 123 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
Yorkshire Water
Montague Street Csointo Oakenshaw Beck19 spills, 103 hours in 2025
400 m away
Yorkshire Water
Crofton Stwinto Oakenshaw Beck10 spills, 91 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Yorkshire Water
Kirkgate Chantry Bridge Csointo River Calder Via Pumped Outlet23 spills, 82 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Yorkshire Water
Agbrigg Garage Csointo Oakenshaw Beck9 spills, 24 hours in 2025
33 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (8 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Neil Fox Way - Battery StoragePlanning application in · 100 MW
Jul 2022 350 m away
Battery storage
Neil Fox Way - Battery StoragePlanning application in · 100 MW
Aug 2025 350 m away
Rooftop solar
Buzz Bingo, Denby Dale Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 150 kW
Jun 2026 2.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Carshop Wakefield, Calder Island Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2025 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built
Oct 2025 2.7 km away
Solar farm
Fieldhead Hospital, Ouchthorpe Lane - Solar CarportPlanning application in · 300 kW
Jun 2026 3.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Hendal Primary School, Hendal Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2024 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Wakefield Motorstore, Peel Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 3.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Unit 11, Albert Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jul 2023 4.9 km away
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Dudfleet Lane - Solar ArrayPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2024 5.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Wakefield Bridge, WakefieldHighway improvement works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to May 2027 900 m away
Standard
Neil Fox Way, WakefieldRemedial works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 400 m away
Standard
Sparable Lane, WakefieldNew service connection · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 800 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
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 Agbrigg & Belle Isle: +29% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 90 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.4% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2023 5.2 km away
Battery storage
Cooksland Farm, Old Snydale -Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2025 5.7 km away
Running nearest: Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.9 km); Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm (solar farm, 9.7 km); Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 9.9 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.
application due in February 2026 20.6 km away
Decided
Eggborough CCGTGenerating Stations · Near Eggborough village, Selby District, North Yorkshire
Yorkshire GREENElectric Lines · Approximately 2km to the north west of York, extending 36km south to Monk Fryston substation
decided Mar 2024 28.8 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.