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
687hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
138spill events counted
United Utilities
Hindley Pumping Station 50105 Hindlinto Hey Brook27 spills, 205 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
United Utilities
Bickershaw Lane Pumping Stationinto Hey Brook19 spills, 129 hours in 2025
32 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (35 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022 1.7 km away
Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024 3.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021 4.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Enviropax, Hall Wood Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 4.7 km away
Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025 4.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Youth Zone - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 190 kW
Aug 2024 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Robin Park Leisure Centre, Loire Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Nov 2023 5.2 km away
Rooftop solar
Newton Le Willows Health And Fitness - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Jan 2025 5.3 km away
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 5.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned
Kintbury Street, BamfurlongDisconnection or alteration of supply · United Utilities Water Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 100 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
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
Mar 2026 5.8 km away
Rooftop solar
Bellerophon Way TescoApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
May 2019 5.9 km away
Running nearest: Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 4.7 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.1 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 7.4 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 8.2 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 8.4 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 · This will be an in-river proposal, located within the Mersey Riverine
environment. The Project will be located towards the mouth of the River
Mersey, between the Wirral on the west and Liverpool to the east.
application due January 2028 28.5 km away
Pre-application
Peak Cluster CCS PipelineOther 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 28.8 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.