Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Brentwood › Neighbourhood Ingatestone & Mountnessing › Postcode CM4 0DS What's changing near CM4 0DS Within 2 km, around Ingatestone & Mountnessing in Brentwood. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
26 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
8 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.0% like-for-like prices in Ingatestone & Mountnessing, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.2%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black 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. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
18 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 47 m²
37 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CM4 0DS 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
129 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
20 spill events counted
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 13 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (143 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Brentwood nergy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2021 Solar farm Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2025 Solar farm Billericay Solar Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 15 MW
Apr 2025 Solar farm Outwood Farm (Phase 2) Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Dec 2014 Battery storage Robjohns Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Robjohns Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2021 Battery storage Sewage Treatment Works, Lawford Lane - Micro Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Aug 2024 Battery storage Verge Fronting, Westway - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2026 Solar farm Barleylands Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 17 MW
Oct 2024 Battery storage Barleylands Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar Langford Bridge Farm, Ongar Road - Solar Panels
Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Station Lane, Ingatestone Highway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Willow Green, Ingatestone Utility asset works · Electricity Network Company Limited · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard The Quorn, Ingatestone Utility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Pine Drive, Ingatestone Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
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 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 Mar 2025 Decided decided Feb 2022 Decided Tilbury2 Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019 Decided decided Nov 2025 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) (battery storage, 4.3 km); Outwood Farm (Phase 1) (solar farm, 7.0 km); Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays (solar farm, 8.9 km); Crouch Solar Farm (solar farm, 9.2 km); Crouch Solar Farm (battery storage, 9.2 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.