Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Brighton and Hove › Neighbourhood Elm Grove & Bear Road › Postcode BN2 9XW What's changing near BN2 9XW Within 2 km, around Elm Grove & Bear Road in Brighton and Hove. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
271 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
561 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.9% like-for-like prices in Elm Grove & Bear Road, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.5%)
+25% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed 15 flats, 1 houses · Oct 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 57 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 Planning permission Sept 2025 School closed School closed: St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school, primary (closure)
Aug 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 23 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 61 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 131 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
271 since energy certificates began (2008)
4 in BN2 9XW itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2020 Extended certificate 2018 Extended certificate 2018 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 4 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (2 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Hove Polyclinic, Nevill Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Battery storage Cemex Brighton Plant & Wharf, Wellington Road - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Cemex Brighton Plant & Wharf, Wellington Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Old Shoreham Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
May 2025 Running nearest: ParkerSteel Shoreham Plant (rooftop solar, 6.5 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.
Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned College Terrace, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Walpole Terrace, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Standard Queens Park Terrace, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard London Road, Brighton Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Marine Drive, Brighton Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Egremont Place, Brighton Utility asset works · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Barnfield Gardens, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Ditchling Road, Brighton Utility asset works · NWP STREET LTD (formerly New World Payphones Ltd) · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor London Road, Brighton Utility repair and maintenance works · BRIGHTON & HOVE CITY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jul 2014 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.