What's changing near CM17 9QS
Within 2 km, around Church Langley in Harlow. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
159new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
39homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.4%like-for-like prices in Church Langley, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.6%)
+13%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
32 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
17 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2026
Feb 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
14 new homes completed8 flats, 6 houses · Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
14 new homes completed10 flats, 4 houses · Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2025
Aug 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
20 new homes completed8 flats, 12 houses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
12 new homes completed2 flats, 10 houses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024
Dec 2024
1.4 km away - Planning permission
21homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
43since energy certificates began (2008)
1in CM17 9QS itself
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
19 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (7 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Harlow Leisurezone, Second Avenue - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Apr 2024
2.5 km away - Battery storage
West Road - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Edinburgh Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Calder House, Central Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Dec 2022
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Rolls Farm Barns, Hastingwood Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jan 2023
2.8 km away - Solar farm
Gates Of Harlow, Edinburgh Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
May 2022
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit C - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jun 2023
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit B - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
Jun 2023
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jun 2023
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Third Avenue - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jun 2023
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major, planned
Potters Field, HarlowUtility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
600 m away - Standard
A414 Between Southern Town Boundary And Harlow Mill Roundabout, HarlowHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
800 m away - Minor
A414 Between Southern Town Boundary And Harlow Mill Roundabout, HarlowHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 May 2022
18.7 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2017
20.1 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
21.6 km away - 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
28.3 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
28.6 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
28.7 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.
Running nearest: Rye Meads Sewerage Treatment Works (anaerobic digestion, 8.2 km); Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 9.3 km); The Nurseries, Green Tye (anaerobic digestion, 9.8 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.