What's changing near WF9 3TF
Within 2 km, around South Kirkby in Wakefield. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
95new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
11homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.2%like-for-like prices in South Kirkby, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-9%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
54 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
17 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.5 km away - Planning permissionJul 2024
1.8 km away - New schoolDec 2023
300 m away - Planning permissionJan 2021
700 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
26since energy certificates began (2008)
1in WF9 3TF 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
0hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
1spill events counted
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
28 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (43 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Data Drive, South Kirkby - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023
850 m away - Landfill gas
Langthwaite Road - Gas Powered EnginePlanning application in · 2 MW
Jan 2021
1.3 km away - Solar farm
Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2022
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Superstore, Market Street - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 420 kW
Apr 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Elmsall Way, South Elmsall - Solar PanelsBeing built · 3 MW
Sept 2022
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Finlay Beverages, Elmsall Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2024
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Burntwood Sports & Leisure Centre, Common Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Upton Primary School, Waggon Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 230 kW
Oct 2025
3.5 km away - Solar farm
Moorhouse Grange, Moorhouse Lane - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 30 MW
Aug 2025
3.9 km away - Battery storage
Moorhouse Grange, Moorhouse Lane - Battery EnergyPlanning application in
Aug 2025
3.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
10 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
- Major, planned
Brierley Crescent, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
100 m away - Major
Brierley Crescent, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
100 m away - Major
Beacon View, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Major
Crawley Avenue, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
400 m away - Major, planned
Carr Lane, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026
400 m away - Major
Carr Lane, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026
400 m away - Standard
White Apron Street, PontefractUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
400 m away - Standard
White Apron Street, PontefractHighway improvement works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Standard
Grove Drive, PontefractHighway repair and maintenance works · CITY OF WAKEFIELD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Oct 2012
13.1 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
13.4 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2015
13.5 km away - 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
13.8 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
14.0 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: South Kirkby Business Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 1.5 km); Elmsall Way Warehouse (rooftop solar, 3.2 km); Hampole Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.8 km); Skelbrooke Landfill Gas Project (landfill gas, 5.8 km); Park Spring Wind Farm (wind farm, 6.1 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.