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
10storm overflows within 2 km
1,345hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
30 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (47 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 1.6 km away
Rooftop solar
Westgate House, Green Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2024 1.7 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Investment Centre - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2021 1.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Wigan Youth Zone - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 190 kW
Aug 2024 2.9 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
Robin Park Leisure Centre, Loire Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Nov 2023 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary, Wigan Lane - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
Mar 2026 3.4 km away
Rooftop solar
Systems Glass - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 470 kW
Apr 2022 4.7 km away
Battery storage
Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
Feb 2025 5.0 km away
Battery storage
Ditchers FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2024 6.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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 25.6 km away
Decision
Frodsham SolarGenerating Stations · Land on Frodsham Marsh, approximately 500m to the north of Frodsham, Cheshire West and Chester
Permission for 26 homesOpen land south of 12 Car Street, Platt Bridge (full planning permission)
Dec 2021 1.5 km away
Planning permission
Permission for 5 homesStrangeways Hotel 244 Liverpool Road Hindley Wigan WN2 3HN (full planning permission)
Nov 2021 1.8 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 20 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Battery storage
Scot Lane - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 6.2 km away
Rooftop solar
The Range, Parsonage Retail Park - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 200 kW
Mar 2024 6.5 km away
Running nearest: Kirkless Power (landfill gas, 2.6 km); Atherton - Battery energy storage (battery storage, 7.2 km); Billinge Hill Quarry Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.3 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 29.3 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.