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
5storm overflows within 2 km
1,197hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
250spill events counted
Yorkshire Water
Bridge Road Csointo Smithy Brook101 spills, 525 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Yorkshire Water
Albion Mills Csointo River Calder52 spills, 376 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Yorkshire Water
Horbury Bridge Spsinto River Calder63 spills, 246 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Yorkshire Water
Netherton Csointo Pits Beck Culverted33 spills, 42 hours in 2025
250 m away
Yorkshire Water
Swallows Nest Csointo Trib Of River Calder1 spills, 9 hours in 2025
26 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (15 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Lady Ings Farm, Middlestown - Solar Photovoltaic FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2022 1.6 km away
Solar farm
New Hall Farm, New Hall Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 22 MW
Jun 2025 2.1 km away
Solar farm
H M Prison & Young Offender Institution - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2021 2.3 km away
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2023 2.3 km away
Solar farm
Horbury Wastewater Treatment Works, Dudfleet Lane - Solar ArrayPlanning application in · 310 kW
Jul 2024 2.6 km away
Solar farm
Low Farm, Flockton - Solar Photovoltaic FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Aug 2022 3.3 km away
Battery storage
Low Farm, Flockton - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built
Aug 2022 3.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Arnold Clark Wakefield Motorstore, Peel Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 3.8 km away
Solar farm
Dewsbury Sewage, Clough Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
May 2026 3.9 km away
Solar farm
Haigh Lane, Woolley Edge Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Aug 2025 4.1 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).
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 Netherton & Middlestown: +29% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -4.4% in two years.
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 28.2 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.