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
950 m 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
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 450 m away
Rooftop solar
Data Drive, South Kirkby - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Sept 2023 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
Burntwood Sports & Leisure Centre, Common Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2025 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 4.0 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 4.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Springvale Rise, PontefractNew service connection · NORTHERN POWERGRID (YORKSHIRE) PLC · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 600 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 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 12.5 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).
Upton Primary School, Waggon Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 230 kW
Oct 2025 5.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Elmsall Way, South Elmsall - Solar PanelsBeing built · 3 MW
Sept 2022 5.8 km away
Running nearest: South Kirkby Business Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 1.8 km); Park Spring Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.3 km); Elmsall Way Warehouse (rooftop solar, 6.1 km); Premier Foods Bakery, Fish Dam Lane - Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.1 km); Hampole Wind Farm (wind farm, 8.1 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.
Generating 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.
application due in February 2026 18.3 km away
Decided
Fenwick Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land off Lawn Lane to the South of the River Went, Fenwick, Doncaster
decided Feb 2026 18.3 km away
Decided
Eggborough CCGTGenerating Stations · Near Eggborough village, Selby District, North Yorkshire
Helios Renewable Energy ProjectGenerating Stations · Land to the south west of the village of Camblesforth and to the north of the village of Hirst Court
decided Dec 2025 25.0 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.