What's changing near WN2 5PB
Within 2 km, around Abram & Bickershaw in Wigan. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
135new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
42homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.7%like-for-like prices in Abram & Bickershaw, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.0%)
–crime data not published here (Greater Manchester)
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
400 m away - New homes
6 new homes completedflats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026
300 m away - New homes
21 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · May 2025
Jun 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025
2.0 km away - New homes
13 new homes completed4 flats, 9 houses · Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
25 new homes completed4 flats, 21 houses · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
Jan 2025
1.9 km away - School closed
School closed: Abram Bryn Gates Primary SchoolCommunity school, primary (closure)
Aug 2023
1.7 km away - Planning permissionOct 2022
1.3 km away
7homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 18 m²
21since energy certificates began (2008)
1in WN2 5PB 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
19storm overflows within 2 km
1,599hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
279spill events counted
- United Utilities
Strangeway No.2 Ww Ntwk Psinto Borsdane Brook74 spills, 678 hours in 2025
800 m away - United Utilities
Hindley Pumping Station 50105 Hindlinto Hey Brook27 spills, 205 hours in 2025
500 m away - United Utilities
Bickershaw Lane Pumping Stationinto Hey Brook19 spills, 129 hours in 2025
500 m away - United Utilities
Darby Lane Csointo Hockery Brook15 spills, 113 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - United Utilities
Borsdane Brook (Hindley) Csointo Borsdane Brook15 spills, 85 hours in 2025
500 m away - United Utilities
Watery Lane (Sutton)into Sutton Mill Brook13 spills, 85 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - United Utilities
Strangeways Cso 50083into Borsdane Brook16 spills, 78 hours in 2025
1.3 km away - United Utilities
Abram Hall Pumping Stationinto Hey Brook13 spills, 67 hours in 2025
1.4 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
31 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (35 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Wigan Youth Zone - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 190 kW
Aug 2024
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
Mar 2026
4.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Robin Park Leisure Centre, Loire Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Nov 2023
4.8 km away - Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024
5.1 km away - Battery storage
Ditchers FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024
5.7 km away - Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025
5.7 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
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). application due May 2027
7.8 km away - Decideddecided May 2015
13.8 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2025
22.5 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2014
23.8 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due Dec 2027
24.6 km away - Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester application due 30 May 2025
26.0 km away - Pre-application
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 3.1 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 6.2 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 7.1 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 8.1 km); PROMISED LAND FARM (wind farm, 9.4 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.
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.