Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Chelmsford › Neighbourhood Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden › Postcode CM11 1HR What's changing near CM11 1HR Within 2 km, around Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden in Chelmsford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
9 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
10 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.9% like-for-like prices in Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+20% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first Planning permission Jun 2026 Planning permission Mar 2026 Planning permission Mar 2026 Planning permission Sept 2025 Planning permission Oct 2024 Planning permission Aug 2024 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.
0 homes extended 2021–2025
0 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CM11 1HR 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 4 storm overflows within 2 km
75 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
17 spill events counted
Anglian Water Heath Road Ps into Trib Sandon Brook 2 spills, 30 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Anglian Water Billericay Water Recycling Centre into Tributary Of R.Crouch Nt 3 spills, 26 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Anglian Water Billericay Water Recycling Centre into Tributary Of R.Crouch Nt 5 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Anglian Water Outwood Common Cso into Outwood Common Trib R Crouch 7 spills, 9 hours in 2025
1.8 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 (299 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Outwood Farm (Phase 2) Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Dec 2014 Solar farm Barleylands Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 17 MW
Oct 2024 Battery storage Barleylands Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Oct 2024 Solar farm Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Bromfords School, Grange Avenue - Redevelopment Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Oct 2025 Rooftop solar Endeavour Point, Endeavour Drive - Solar PV Panels Planning application in · 450 kW
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Festival Way - Soalr Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Phoenix House, Christopher Martin Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2022 Battery storage Miles Gray Road, Steeple View - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar J Sainsbury, Cricketers Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 620 kW
Mar 2025 Solar farm Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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 May 2022 Decided decided Mar 2025 Decided Longfield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Located on land north east of Chelmsford and north of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel decided Jun 2023 Decided decided Feb 2022 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 decided Jan 2024 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Outwood Farm (Phase 1) (solar farm, 1.7 km); Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays (solar farm, 3.0 km); Nevendon (battery storage, 5.4 km); Nevendon Battery Storage Extension (battery storage, 5.4 km); Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) (battery storage, 7.0 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.