What's changing near WN2 5TU
Within 2 km, around Abram & Bickershaw in Wigan. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
25new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
31homes 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 grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
1homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
6since energy certificates began (2008)
3in WN2 5TU itself
- Extendedcertificate 2026
- Extendedcertificate 2016
- Extendedcertificate 2013
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
18storm overflows within 2 km
1,439hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
259spill events counted
- United Utilities
Strangeway No.2 Ww Ntwk Psinto Borsdane Brook74 spills, 678 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
Hindley Pumping Station 50105 Hindlinto Hey Brook27 spills, 205 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Bickershaw Lane Pumping Stationinto Hey Brook19 spills, 129 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Borsdane Brook (Hindley) Csointo Borsdane Brook15 spills, 85 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - United Utilities
Watery Lane (Sutton)into Sutton Mill Brook13 spills, 85 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Strangeways Cso 50083into Borsdane Brook16 spills, 78 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - United Utilities
Abram Hall Pumping Stationinto Hey Brook13 spills, 67 hours in 2025
1.8 km away - United Utilities
George St Csointo Dog Pool Bk,Trb Of Borsdane Bk25 spills, 30 hours in 2025
1.8 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
34 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (51 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
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
WWL Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation, The Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 710 kW
Feb 2026
4.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre,Three Sisters Road - Solar PanelApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2022
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Guide Dogs For The Blind Association - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Apr 2025
4.6 km away - Battery storage
Orrell Street Battery Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026
4.7 km away - Battery storage
Ditchers FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024
4.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024
5.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021
5.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Westhoughton Community Leisure Centre - Solar Photovoltaic SystemApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Sept 2021
5.2 km away - Battery storage
Slack Lane, Westhoughton - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 45 MW
Dec 2024
6.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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
7.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2015
15.7 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2025
20.8 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2014
22.2 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due Dec 2027
24.0 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
26.1 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, 4.0 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 4.6 km); Tesco Crab Tree Lane (rooftop solar, 5.4 km); Whitehead Landfill (landfill gas, 8.4 km); Salford Road Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.5 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.