What's changing near BR5 3HH
Within 2 km, around St Mary Cray East in Bromley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
18new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.0%like-for-like prices in St Mary Cray East, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
-8%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
7 new homes completed5 flats, 2 houses · Mar 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.5 km away - New schoolJul 2024
1.4 km away - School closed
School closed: Kent House Hospital SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jul 2022
1.4 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 8 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Planning applications within 500 m
0applications in the last 12 months
0approved · 0 refused
0still being decided
6net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
9, Broomwood Road, BR5 2JHSingle storey rear extensionBromley 25/02030/FULL6 · Householder
Jun 2025
450 m away - Application Under Consideration
117, Sevenoaks Way, BR5 3AQSub division of site to create two separate dwellings, to include part one/ two storey side extension to create new dwelling and roof alterations to existing dwelling, erection of outbuilding to rear, and associated landscaping, parking and refuse and cycle storage.Bromley 25/01592/FULL1 · All Other · 1 homes proposed
May 2025
350 m away - Closed
151, Olleys Posh Wosh, Sevenoaks Way, BR5 3PWDetails submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 20/03546/FULL1: Condition 5b - Archaeological Watching BriefBromley 20/03546/CONDT3 · All Other
May 2025
200 m away - Approved
1B, Pleasance Road, BR5 3ARSingle storey side extension and an elevational alteration to side elevation.Bromley 25/01109/FULL6 · Householder
Apr 2025
300 m away - Application Under Consideration
151, Olleys Posh Wosh, Sevenoaks Way, BR5 3PWDetached three storey building comprising a drive-through for hot food takeaway on the ground floor, kitchen and staff areas on the first floor and a bakery area on the second floor, including external terraces, new parking layout, cycle parking and ancillary bin storageBromley 25/00445/FULL1 · All Other
Apr 2025
200 m away - Approved
13, Stonegate Close, BR5 3EXSingle storey side extension. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)Bromley 25/01348/ELUD · All Other
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 48 m²
28since energy certificates began (2008)
1in BR5 3HH itself
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
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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
24 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (72 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores Limited, Edgington Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Nov 2025
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Maidstone Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
Dec 2023
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure, Baugh Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Sept 2025
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
White Oak Leisure Centre, Hilda May Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 430 kW
Dec 2024
3.8 km away - Battery storage
Manor Farm, Dartford Road - Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 212 MW
Jun 2025
5.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Avery Hill Campus, Avery Hill Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 530 kW
Mar 2026
5.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Bexleyheath Superbowl, Albion Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Oct 2023
6.5 km away - Rooftop solar
The Mall - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026
6.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Pavilion Leisure Centre, Kentish Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023
6.8 km away - Rooftop solar
J Sainsbury, Walters Yard - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Jun 2026
7.1 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
19 permitted works running now or planned, 12 of them major.
- Major
Wesley Close, St Pauls CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
0 m away - Major
Augustine Road, St Pauls CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Jun 2026 to Dec 2026
300 m away - Major
Sevenoaks Way, St Pauls CrayStatutory Infrastructure Works · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Major
Buttermere Road, St Pauls CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Jul 2026 to Dec 2026
500 m away - Major, planned
Curtismill Way, St Pauls CrayHighway improvement works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BROMLEY · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Major, planned
Sandway Road, St Mary CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
700 m away - Major, planned
High Street, St Mary CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Road closure
Apr 2027 to Jun 2027
750 m away - Major, planned
Whippendell Way, St Pauls CrayUtility asset works · O2 (UK) LIMITED · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Major
Wagtail Way, St Mary CrayUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Road closure
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
12.0 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
12.0 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
12.3 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
13.4 km away - Decided
Tilbury2Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019
19.7 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2025
20.0 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Barking Riverside Overground stationNew station and Overground extension, opened July 2022
Jul 2022
13.3 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
19.2 km away
Not Required7, Farrington Avenue, BR5 3AHSingle storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4m, for which the maximum height would be 2.7m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.7m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior ApprovalBromley 25/01182/HHPA · Prior Approval
Mar 2025
450 m away 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.