Silcoates Street, WakefieldOptional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 350 m away
Major
Peacock Avenue, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 400 m away
Major, planned
Flanshaw Road, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Major
Flanshaw Road, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Standard
Batley Road, WakefieldHighway improvement works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 350 m away
Standard
Denhale Avenue, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 750 m away
Standard
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 Wakefield St John's: +25% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): +1.0% in two years.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 32 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
83 m² → 104 m² (+21 m²)
certificate 2013
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.
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2023 4.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Ossett Health Village, Kingsway - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2023 4.3 km away
Running nearest: Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.5 km); Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 6.4 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.
Saffron Court, WakefieldNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 1000 m away
Minor
Gibson Avenue, WakefieldUtility repair and maintenance works · YORKSHIRE WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 100 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
application due in February 2026 22.8 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 28.7 km away
Decided
Fenwick Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land off Lawn Lane to the South of the River Went, Fenwick, Doncaster
decided Feb 2026 29.0 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.