What's changing near CM18 7BS
Within 2 km, around Staple Tye & Latton Bush in Harlow. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
57new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
39homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.1%like-for-like prices in Staple Tye & Latton Bush, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.6%)
+5%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
10 new homes completed5 flats, 5 houses · May 2026
May 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
900 m away - Planning permissionMar 2024
1.6 km away - Planning permissionJan 2024
1.5 km away - Planning permissionDec 2023
1.2 km away - Planning permissionSept 2023
1.5 km away - Planning permission
13homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
25since energy certificates began (2008)
1in CM18 7BS 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 2 running (5 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
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Industrial Estate - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jun 2023
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit C - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Jun 2023
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Unit B - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
Jun 2023
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Icon Harlow, Third Avenue - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jun 2023
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Gsk Icon Harlow - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 580 kW
Nov 2023
3.1 km away - Battery storage
West Road - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Poundland Distribution Centre - Solar Photovoltaic SystemApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jul 2022
3.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Wrights Flour Mills, Roydon Road - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 610 kW
Jul 2023
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Calder House, Central Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Dec 2022
3.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned.
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
18.3 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
18.6 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
19.9 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
27.7 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
27.8 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
28.8 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, 7.0 km); Ratty's Lane Sustainable Energy Facility (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.8 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.