Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Adur › Neighbourhood Buckingham › Postcode BN43 5NQ What's changing near BN43 5NQ Within 2 km, around Buckingham in Adur. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
168 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
172 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.6% like-for-like prices in Buckingham, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.0%)
+27% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 72 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 44 new homes completed flats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 New homes 40 new homes completed flats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 Planning permission Nov 2023 Planning permission Apr 2023 Planning permission Permission for 7 homes Development Site At 12 To 18 Old Shoreham Road Shoreham-by-sea (full planning permission) Feb 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
29 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 38 m²
61 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in BN43 5NQ itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2020 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
2 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
7 spill events counted
Southern Water Upper Shoreham Road Shoreham Cso into River Adur · near bathing water: Shoreham Beach; Southwick 5 spills, 1 hours in 2025
950 m away Southern Water Ropetackle Street, Shoreham P.S. into The River Adur (Tidal) · near bathing water: Lancing, Beach Green; Shoreham Beach; Southwick 2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m 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 15 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (14 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Reception Shoreham Technical Centre - Solar PV Panel Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Dunelm - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Halewick Lane, Sompting - Battery-based Energy Storage Facility Being built · 50 MW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Chartwell Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Sept 2022 Rooftop solar Old Shoreham Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
May 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 Dominion Way - Solar photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 440 kW
Jul 2022 Solar farm Glaxo Smithkline, Southdownview Way - Photovoltaic Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Hove Polyclinic, Nevill Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 18 permitted works running now or planned, 14 of them major.
Major Mill Lane, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Mill Hill Close, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major Oxen Avenue, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Chanctonbury Drive, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major Buckingham Road, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Jul 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Footway The Cygnets 3 To 7, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major The Cygnets, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Footway The Herons 9 To 11, Shoreham-By-Sea Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Apr 2025 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.
Running nearest: ParkerSteel Shoreham Plant (rooftop solar, 4.7 km); Kings Barn Farm - Energy Barn (battery storage, 6.0 km); Horton Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.4 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.