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
7storm overflows within 2 km
318hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
150spill events counted
United Utilities
Westleigh Park Cso 502zfinto Westleigh Brook48 spills, 121 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Kirkhall Lane Csointo Westleigh Brook46 spills, 107 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Kirkhall Lane/Victoria Street Csointo Westleigh Brook41 spills, 59 hours in 2025
2.0 km away
United Utilities
Atherton Rd Detention Tankinto Dog Pool Brook5 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
United Utilities
Bickershaw Lane Cso 501d5into Trib Brookside Brook8 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
United Utilities
396 Atherton Road Csointo Dog Pool Brook Via Sws2 spills, 4 hours in 2025
35 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (50 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 2.4 km away
Rooftop solar
WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, The Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
Feb 2026 3.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Guide Dogs For The Blind Association - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Apr 2025 4.0 km away
Battery storage
Ditchers FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024 4.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Westhoughton Community Leisure Centre - Solar Photovoltaic SystemApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Sept 2021 4.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022 5.2 km away
Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 5.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024 5.7 km away
Battery storage
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 45 MW
Dec 2024 5.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021 6.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Bickershaw Lane, BickershawRemedial works · WIGAN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Mar 2027 200 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
Intermodal Logistics Park NorthRail Freight Interchanges · Site known as Intermodal Logistics Park North – land bounded by the M6 motorway (west), Winwick Lane (south and east) and Chat Moss railway line (north).
Hynet North West Hydrogen PipelineGas Transporter Pipe-lines · An approximate 125km pipeline centred approximately 1km south west of Lower Whitley, Cheshire
application due Dec 2027 23.9 km away
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
Bramble Croft, Chew Moor Lane - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026 6.0 km away
Solar farm
Duckinfield Farm, Hurst Lane - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2026 6.2 km away
Running nearest: Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 4.0 km); Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 4.4 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 4.7 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 7.6 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.9 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.
Other Pipe-lines · A carbon dioxide transport pipeline network connecting carbon capture sites in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire to a coastal location on the Wirral peninsula
application due September 2027 28.5 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.