What's changing near CM16 5HA
Within 2 km, around Epping North in Epping Forest. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
25new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.5%like-for-like prices in Epping North, 2024 → 2025 (council -0.3%)
-5%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack 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. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 49 m²
31since energy certificates began (2008)
4in CM16 5HA itself
- Extendedcertificate 2026
- Extendedcertificate 2024
- Extendedcertificate 2022
- Extendedcertificate 2012
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
24 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (2 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Thrift Solar Farm and BESSApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Dec 2025
4.5 km away - Battery storage
Thrift Solar Farm and BESSApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Dec 2025
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Aerzen House, Langston Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2025
5.5 km away - Solar farm
Nickerlands Solar Farm - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Feb 2025
6.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Third Avenue - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jun 2023
7.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jun 2023
7.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Gsk Icon Harlow - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 580 kW
Nov 2023
7.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Rolls Farm Barns, Hastingwood Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jan 2023
7.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit C - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jun 2023
7.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit B - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
Jun 2023
7.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
- Minor
Hemnall Street, EppingHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Temp obstruction 15 minute delay
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Minor
Albany Court, EppingHighway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 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
- Decideddecided Feb 2017
13.1 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
14.2 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
14.5 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
21.5 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
21.6 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
22.5 km away - Pre-application
Transport schemes within 20 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.