Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Sevenoaks › Neighbourhood Swanley East & Hextable › Postcode BR8 7RL What's changing near BR8 7RL Within 2 km, around Swanley East & Hextable in Sevenoaks. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
62 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
38 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.3% like-for-like prices in Swanley East & Hextable, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.5%)
-9% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 Planning permission May 2021 Planning permission Feb 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 16 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
21 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in BR8 7RL 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 31 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (102 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar White Oak Leisure Centre, Hilda May Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Dec 2024 Battery storage Manor Farm, Dartford Road - Energy Storage System Planning application in · 212 MW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Fairfield Pool, Lowfield Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
Oct 2023 Rooftop solar Fairfield Centre, Lowfield Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Oct 2023 Rooftop solar Dartford Grammar School For Boys, West Hill - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024 Battery storage Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Oct 2025 Rooftop solar Tesco Stores Limited, Edgington Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Maidstone Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 340 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Sports Centre, Darenth Road - Solar Photo Voltaic System Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jan 2024 Solar farm Horton Wood - Solar park Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Nov 2025 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020 Pre-application application due March 2028 Decided Tilbury2 Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Decided decided Mar 2025 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Longreach STW - extension (other, 6.9 km); Littlebrook Battery Storage (battery storage, 6.9 km); Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF) (energy from waste, 7.6 km); Rainham Phase II (landfill gas, 8.6 km); Rainham Landfill Scheme, Phase I (landfill gas, 8.6 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.
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.