Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Epping Forest › Neighbourhood Epping North › Postcode CM16 6FA What's changing near CM16 6FA Within 2 km, around Epping North in Epping Forest. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
56 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes 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
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 New school Apr 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in CM16 6FA itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 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 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 20 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (5 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Thrift Solar Farm and BESS Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Thrift Solar Farm and BESS Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Dec 2025 Solar farm Nickerlands Solar Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Rolls Farm Barns, Hastingwood Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jan 2023 Rooftop solar Aerzen House, Langston Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Icon Harlow, Third Avenue - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Icon Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Harlow Leisurezone, Second Avenue - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Gsk Icon Harlow - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 580 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Icon Harlow, Unit C - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor Thornwood Road, Epping Highway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Brickfield Road, Epping Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some 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 Feb 2017 Decided decided Apr 2014 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020 Decided decided Nov 2025 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Ongar Landfill Scheme 2 (landfill gas, 9.3 km); Ongar Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 9.3 km); Waltham Point Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 9.6 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.