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
13storm overflows within 2 km
977hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
297spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Ossett Spa Spsinto River Calder32 spills, 245 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
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Horbury Stwinto River Calder47 spills, 182 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
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Waterton Road Csointo Gill Syke56 spills, 159 hours in 2025
950 m away
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Baptists Lane Csointo Spring Mill Beck34 spills, 97 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
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Lupset Spsinto Lupset Beck20 spills, 87 hours in 2025
700 m away
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Bective Mills Csointo Alverthorpe Beck37 spills, 68 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
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Charles Street No 2 Csointo Old Mill Stream19 spills, 64 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
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Whinney Moor Pub House Csointo Tributary Of The River Calder26 spills, 49 hours in 2025
33 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (6 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Dudfleet Lane - Solar ArrayPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2024 1.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Unit 11, Albert Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jul 2023 1.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Wakefield Motorstore, Peel Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 2.0 km away
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2023 2.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Carshop Wakefield, Calder Island Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2025 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Buzz Bingo, Denby Dale Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 150 kW
Jun 2026 2.6 km away
Solar farm
Owlers Farm, Wakefield Road - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
May 2026 2.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Hendal Primary School, Hendal Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2024 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Ossett Health Village, Kingsway - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2023 3.5 km away
Solar farm
Lady Ings Farm, Middlestown - Solar Photovoltaic FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2022 4.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned
Robin Hood Crescent, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 350 m away
Major
Radcliffe Road, WakefieldHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Give and take
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 450 m away
Major, planned
Gloucester Place, WakefieldHighway improvement works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 800 m away
Major
Gloucester Place, WakefieldHighway improvement works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Sept 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 Thornes: +32% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -1.7% in two years.
Fenwick Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land off Lawn Lane to the South of the River Went, Fenwick, Doncaster
decided Feb 2026 29.8 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.