Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Brentwood › Neighbourhood Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch › Postcode CM15 9JS What's changing near CM15 9JS Within 2 km, around Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch in Brentwood. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
28 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2% like-for-like prices in Brook Street & Pilgrim's Hatch, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.2%)
+9% 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 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.
24 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 44 m²
41 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in CM15 9JS itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2018 Extended certificate 2013 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 15 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (214 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Billericay Solar Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 15 MW
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar The Marillac, Eagle Way - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Central Park Leisure - PV System Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 2024 Battery storage Brentwood nergy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2021 Rooftop solar Langford Bridge Farm, Ongar Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Peri Limited, Greenways - Solar Photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 460 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Romford Halal Meats, Folkes Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Gidea Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Jul 2023 Solar farm Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2025 Solar farm Nickerlands Solar Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Feb 2025 Battery storage Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor Ongar Road, Pilgrims Hatch Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Stuart Close, Pilgrims Hatch Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Temp obstruction 15 minute delay
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Balmoral Road, Pilgrims Hatch Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Iris Close, Pilgrims Hatch Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 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 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 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 Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) (battery storage, 5.1 km); Ongar Landfill Scheme 2 (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Ongar Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Bower Park Academy - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (rooftop solar, 7.9 km); Crouch Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.3 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.