Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Chelmsford › Neighbourhood Springfield South & Coronation Park › Postcode CM1 6YP What's changing near CM1 6YP Within 2 km, around Springfield South & Coronation Park in Chelmsford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
316 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
3 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.2% like-for-like prices in Springfield South & Coronation Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 26 new homes completed 8 flats, 18 houses · Nov 2024 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 Planning permission Nov 2025 New homes 62 new homes completed 50 flats, 12 houses · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 22 new homes completed 12 flats, 10 houses · Oct 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 51 new homes completed 48 flats, 3 houses · Oct 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 17 new homes completed 16 flats, 1 houses · Dec 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 Planning permission 32 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
53 since energy certificates began (2008)
6 in CM1 6YP itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2020 Extended Storm overflows within 2 km 2 storm overflows within 2 km
1 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
1 spill events counted
Anglian Water Uplands Drive into R Chelmer 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Anglian Water Springfield - Oak Lodge Sp into Trib R Chelmer 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.0 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 14 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (1 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Visteon Engineering, Springfield Lyons Approach - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Sainsburys, White Hart Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Bridgemarsh Care Home, Main Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2023 Battery storage Verge Fronting, Westway - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2026 Solar farm Longfield Approved, not yet built · 500 MW
Jun 2023 Battery storage Longfield Approved, not yet built
Jun 2023 Solar farm St Cleres Hall Pit Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar Robjohns Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2021 Battery storage Robjohns Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Battery storage Sewage Treatment Works, Lawford Lane - Micro Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Aug 2024 Solar farm
Road and street works within 1 km 18 permitted works running now or planned, 8 of them major.
Major Sidmouth Road, Chelmsford Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Colchester Road, Chelmsford Utility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major White Hart Lane, Chelmsford Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Dartmouth Road, Chelmsford Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Weymouth Road, Chelmsford Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Bridport Road, Chelmsford Utility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Tavistock Road, Chelmsford Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Tavistock Road, Chelmsford Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor New Bowers Way, Chelmsford Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided Longfield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Located on land north east of Chelmsford and north of the A12 between Boreham and Hatfield Peverel decided Jun 2023 Decided decided Jan 2024 Decided decided Dec 2024 Decided decided May 2022 Decided decided Mar 2025 Pre-application Dengie Peninsula Energy Park Generating Stations · Located north-east and south of the village of Bradwell-on-Sea and east of the village of Burnham-on-Crouch. application due October 2027 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.
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.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.