What's changing near WF4 3BG
Within 2 km, around Durkar & Crigglestone in Wakefield. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
3new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.4%like-for-like prices in Durkar & Crigglestone, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-1%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
14since energy certificates began (2008)
0in WF4 3BG 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
834hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
201spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Ossett Spa Spsinto River Calder32 spills, 245 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - Yorkshire Water
Horbury Stwinto River Calder47 spills, 182 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Yorkshire Water
Portobello Spsinto Pugney'S Drain27 spills, 134 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Standbridge Lane Csointo Owler Beck41 spills, 114 hours in 2025
1.3 km away - Yorkshire Water
Lupset Spsinto Lupset Beck20 spills, 87 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Yorkshire Water
Charles Street No 2 Csointo Old Mill Stream19 spills, 64 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Pledwick Csointo Owler Beck Via Surface Wtr Sw12 spills, 9 hours in 2025
1.4 km away - Yorkshire Water
Newmillerdam Csointo Owler Beck/Newmillerdam2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.8 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
30 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (17 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Wakefield Motorstore, Peel Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025
550 m away - Rooftop solar
Hendal Primary School, Hendal Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2024
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Carshop Wakefield, Calder Island Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Dec 2025
1.6 km away - Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2023
2.1 km away - Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Dudfleet Lane - Solar ArrayPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Buzz Bingo, Denby Dale Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 150 kW
Jun 2026
3.4 km away - Battery storage
Neil Fox Way - Battery StoragePlanning application in · 100 MW
Jul 2022
3.8 km away - Battery storage
Neil Fox Way - Battery StoragePlanning application in · 100 MW
Aug 2025
3.8 km away - Solar farm
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Aug 2025
4.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit 11, Albert Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Jul 2023
4.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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). application due February 2028
17.0 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
17.1 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
17.2 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2015
19.8 km away - Examination
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.
Running nearest: Haigh Hall Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.7 km); Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.9 km); Barnsley 1.5 (biomass, 9.2 km); Soothills Landfill (landfill gas, 9.3 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.
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.