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
9storm overflows within 2 km
1,247hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
315spill events counted
United Utilities
Westhoughton Wtwinto Trib Of Hall Lee Brook86 spills, 729 hours in 2025
800 m away
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Westhoughton Wtwinto Trib Of Hall Lee Brook45 spills, 136 hours in 2025
800 m away
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Westleigh Park Cso 502zfinto Westleigh Brook48 spills, 121 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
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Kirkhall Lane Csointo Westleigh Brook46 spills, 107 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
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Kirkhall Lane/Victoria Street Csointo Westleigh Brook41 spills, 59 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
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Ashgrove/Southfield Dr Csointo Culverted Trib Cunningham Brk21 spills, 44 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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Swan Lane Hindley Cso 503j8into Marsh Brook21 spills, 32 hours in 2025
700 m away
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Atherton Rd Detention Tankinto Dog Pool Brook5 spills, 15 hours in 2025
33 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (60 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Guide Dogs For The Blind Association - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Apr 2025 2.2 km away
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 2.5 km away
Rooftop solar
WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, The Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
Feb 2026 2.7 km away
Battery storage
Ditchers FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024 3.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Westhoughton Community Leisure Centre - Solar Photovoltaic SystemApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Sept 2021 3.1 km away
Battery storage
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 45 MW
Dec 2024 4.1 km away
Battery storage
Bramble Croft, Chew Moor Lane - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026 4.3 km away
Rooftop solar
Amazon UK Plot E1, Bridgewater Avenue - Solar photovoltaic panelsApproved, not yet built
Jun 2022 5.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Northern Building Plastics, Leadbeaters Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
Aug 2024 6.1 km away
Rooftop solar
Leadbeaters Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Nov 20246.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard
Taunton Avenue, LeighNew service connection · SP Electricity North West · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 400 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 25.3 km away
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 6.1 km away
Solar farm
Seddon Construction, Plodder Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
May 2025 6.3 km away
Running nearest: Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 2.3 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 3.2 km); Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 4.3 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.2 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 6.9 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 29.5 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.