What's changing near WF9 4FL
Within 2 km, around Kinsley & Fitzwilliam in Wakefield. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
65new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
5homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2%like-for-like prices in Kinsley & Fitzwilliam, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.0%)
-12%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.2 km away - School closed
School closed: Compass Community School HemsworthOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Mar 2026
550 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · May 2025
May 2025
1.4 km away - New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.3 km away - Planning permissionMar 2024
850 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
17since energy certificates began (2008)
0in WF9 4FL 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
4storm overflows within 2 km
127hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
32spill events counted
- Yorkshire Water
Hoyle Mill Lane Spsinto Trib Of Hoyle Mill Beck19 spills, 104 hours in 2025
1.2 km away - Yorkshire Water
Hemsworth Sps (Woodlands)into Trib Of Hoyle Mill Drain7 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - Yorkshire Water
Kinsley Wakefield Road Csointo Tributary Of River Went5 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.7 km away - Yorkshire Water
Grove Lane Storm Tanksinto Hemsworth Dyke1 spills, 0 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
29 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (71 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Tesco Superstore, Market Street - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 420 kW
Apr 2026
500 m away - Rooftop solar
Burntwood Sports & Leisure Centre, Common Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Data Drive, South Kirkby - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023
2.5 km away - Solar farm
Kirkgate Lane, Felkirk - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 10 MW
Apr 2025
2.9 km away - Solar farm
Engine Lane, Grimethorpe - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
Jan 2025
3.9 km away - Solar farm
Manor Farm, South Hiendley - Solar Photovoltaic FarmApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Jul 2025
4.3 km away - Landfill gas
Langthwaite Road - Gas Powered EnginePlanning application in · 2 MW
Jan 2021
4.5 km away - Solar farm
Langthwaite Road, South Kirkby - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2022
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Ferrymoor Way, Grimethorpe - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jul 2022
4.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Park Springs, Long Royd - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
Mar 2024
4.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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 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
12.6 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
12.9 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2015
13.1 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2015
13.5 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2012
16.1 km away - Examination
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, 1.9 km); Park Spring Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.2 km); Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.0 km); Elmsall Way Warehouse (rooftop solar, 6.1 km); Hampole Wind Farm (wind farm, 8.2 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.