What's changing near WN8 0AQ

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  13 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025
  Nov 2025
  1.6 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesLand adjacent to 234 Orrell Road Orrell (full planning permission)
  Apr 2021
  1.8 km away

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.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Douglas Avenue: 1 home extended since 2021
• Mill Lane: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  74, Ormskirk Road58 m² → 76 m² (+18 m²)
  certificate 2014

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

• United Utilities
  Dean Wood Csointo Dean Brook Trib Of R Douglas70 spills, 304 hours in 2025
  1.0 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

29 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (54 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Battery storage
  Tontine Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 70 MW
  Jan 2023
  900 m away
• Battery storage
  Far Moor - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 50 MW
  Apr 2025
  1.8 km away
• Rooftop solar
  St Francis Of Assisi Catholic Primary School - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
  Nov 2025
  1.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Pimbo Road, By Paxton Place Jnct - Micro Energy Storage ProjectPlanning application in · 200 kW
  Apr 2026
  2.6 km away
• Wind farm
  Barton House Farm, Pimbo Road - Wind TurbineApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
  Apr 2026
  2.6 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Hannah Food Services, Garnett Place - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
  Mar 2024
  3.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  West Lancashire College, College Way -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
  Oct 2024
  3.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Systems Glass - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 470 kW
  Apr 2022
  4.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Holiday Moss Landfill Site, Reeds Brow - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
  Nov 2022
  4.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Sandyforth Farm, Ashton Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 70 MW
  Feb 20254.7 km away

Road and street works within 1 km

4 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.

• Major, planned
  Alma Road, Up HollandUtility asset works · BT · Road closure
  Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
  600 m away
• Major, planned
  Higher Lane, Up HollandUtility asset works · BT · Road closure
  Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
  700 m away
• Minor
  Grove Road, Up HollandDisconnection or alteration of supply · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  750 m away
• Minor
  Danbers, Up HollandRemedial works · United Utilities Water Ltd · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  800 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

• Decided
  Whitemoss Landfill Western ExtensionHazardous Waste Facilities · Skelmersdale, Lancashire
  decided May 2015
  4.7 km away
• 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
  13.9 km away
• Pre-application
  Mersey Tidal Power ProjectGenerating 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
  23.5 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
  26.7 km away
• Pre-application
  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
  28.4 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.

Transport schemes within 20 km

None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Upholland: +25% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 20 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -0.2% in two years.
• Everything about Upholland · homes at WN8 0AQ · the property market