What's changing near CM1 4AW

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Nearby, most recent first

• Planning permission
  Permission for 1 homeLand Rear of 42 Patching Hall Lane Chelmsford (outline planning permission)
  May 2026
  700 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 67 homesRivermead Industrial Estate Bishop Hall Lane Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Nov 2025
  1.7 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 1 home2 Scotts Green Hollow Lane Broomfield Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Dec 2024
  600 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 4 homes30 Broomhall Road Broomfield Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Nov 2024
  1.3 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 22 homesRectory Lane Car Park East Rectory Lane Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Oct 2024
  1.9 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 1 homeGround Floor 81 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford (other)
  May 2024
  350 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 12 homesChurch Hall Site Woodhall Road Chelmsford (full planning permission)
  Aug 2021
  50 m away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

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

• Skerry Rise: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Main Road: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Woodhall Road: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Erick Avenue: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Nalla Gardens: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Burnside Crescent: 1 home extended since 2021
• Heathfield Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Coombe Rise: 1 home extended since 2021

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
  Uplands Driveinto R Chelmer1 spills, 1 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

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

• Rooftop solar
  Bridgemarsh Care Home, Main Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
  Apr 2023
  850 m away
• Rooftop solar
  Sainsburys, White Hart Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
  Jul 2025
  3.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Visteon Engineering, Springfield Lyons Approach - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Mar 2025
  3.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Sewage Treatment Works, Lawford Lane - Micro Energy StoragePlanning application in · 200 kW
  Aug 2024
  3.8 km away
• Battery storage
  Verge Fronting, Westway - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Feb 2026
  3.8 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Robjohns Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
  Oct 2021
  4.0 km away
• Battery storage
  Robjohns Road - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Mar 2026
  4.3 km away
• Solar farm
  LongfieldApproved, not yet built · 500 MW
  Jun 2023
  6.0 km away
• Battery storage
  LongfieldApproved, not yet built
  Jun 2023
  6.0 km away
• Solar farm
  St Cleres Hall Pit Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
  Oct 2021
  7.0 km away
• Energy from waste

Road and street works within 1 km

3 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.

• Major, planned
  Patching Hall Lane, ChelmsfordUtility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Road closure
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  500 m away
• Major, planned
  Patching Hall Lane, ChelmsfordUtility asset works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
  Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
  550 m away
• Major
  Patching Hall Lane, ChelmsfordUtility asset works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
  Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
  550 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
  6.0 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
  15.2 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
  16.2 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
  21.8 km away
• Decided
  Lower Thames CrossingHighways · East of Gravesend and Tilbury
  decided Mar 2025
  29.4 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 South Broomfield: +15% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): +1.0% in two years.
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