What's changing near CM1 2LH

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  5 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
  Aug 2026
  100 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 18 homesCar Park Meteor Way Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Jul 2026
  1.4 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 1 homeLand Rear of 42 Patching Hall Lane Chelmsford (outline planning permission)
  May 2026
  1.9 km away
• New homes
  78 new homes completedflats · Feb 2026 – May 2026
  May 2026
  1.9 km away
• New homes
  57 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024 – May 2026
  May 2026
  1.9 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 4 homes58 Writtle Road Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Mar 2026
  1.8 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 9 homesSite at Writtle Wick Family Centre Chignal Road Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Aug 2025
  450 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 4 homesSite at West House 34 Broomfield Road Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Jun 2025
  1.6 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 7 homes

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Chignal Road: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Highfield Road: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Roxwell Road: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Sunningdale Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Medway Close: 1 home extended since 2021
• Clyde Crescent: 1 home extended since 2021
• Beachs Drive: 1 home extended since 2021
• Windley Tye: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  18, Medway Close73 m² → 92 m² (+19 m²)
  certificate 2025

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

• Anglian Water
  Avon Rd Sso Chelmsfordinto Tributary River Can12 spills, 132 hours in 2025
  750 m away
• Anglian Water
  Writtle - Lawford Lane Psinto Trib Of River Wid0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.2 km away
• Anglian Water
  Chelmsford - N Mlbn Chignal Road Psinto The One Bridge Brook0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.3 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

12 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (1 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Battery storage
  Sewage Treatment Works, Lawford Lane - Micro Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
  Aug 2024
  1.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Verge Fronting, Westway - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Feb 2026
  2.0 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Robjohns Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
  Oct 2021
  2.1 km away
• Battery storage
  Robjohns Road - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Mar 2026
  2.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Bridgemarsh Care Home, Main Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
  Apr 2023
  3.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Visteon Engineering, Springfield Lyons Approach - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Mar 2025
  4.7 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Sainsburys, White Hart Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
  Jul 2025
  4.9 km away
• Solar farm
  St Cleres Hall Pit Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
  Oct 2021
  7.7 km away
• Solar farm
  LongfieldApproved, not yet built · 500 MW
  Jun 2023
  8.4 km away
• Battery storage
  LongfieldApproved, not yet built
  Jun 2023
  8.4 km away
• Solar farm

Road and street works within 1 km

3 permitted works running now or planned.

• Minor
  Chignal Road, ChelmsfordHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  150 m away
• Minor
  St Fabians Drive, ChelmsfordHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
  Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
  550 m away
• Minor
  Scotts Walk, ChelmsfordHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  850 m away

DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• Decided
  Longfield Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Located on land north east of Chelmsford and north of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel
  decided Jun 2023
  8.4 km away
• Decided
  A12 Chelmsford to A120 Widening SchemeHighways · From Junction 19 of the A12 to the East of Chelmsford to Junction 25 with the A120 at Marks Tey
  decided Jan 2024
  17.6 km away
• Decided
  Rivenhall IWMF and Energy CentreGenerating Stations · Land at the former Rivenhall Airfield, off Coggeshall Road (A120), Braintree CO5 9DF
  decided Dec 2024
  18.6 km away
• Decided
  M25 junction 28 improvementsHighways · To the west of Brentwood in Essex, at the intersection of the M25, the A12 and the A1023
  decided May 2022
  19.4 km away
• Decided
  Lower Thames CrossingHighways · East of Gravesend and Tilbury
  decided Mar 2025
  27.3 km away

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.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Waterhouse Lane & Admirals Park: +18% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -1.0% in two years.
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