Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Chelmsford › Neighbourhood Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden › Postcode CM4 9BQ What's changing near CM4 9BQ Within 2 km, around Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden in Chelmsford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
11 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
4 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.9% like-for-like prices in Margaretting, Stock & Ramsden, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+20% 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 Planning permission Dec 2025 Planning permission Sept 2025 Planning permission Aug 2025 Planning permission Mar 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
10 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 64 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CM4 9BQ 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 25 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (161 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Outwood Farm (Phase 2) Approved, not yet built · 7 MW
Dec 2014 Solar farm Great Cowbridge Grange Farm, London Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
May 2025 Solar farm Canon Barns Road Solar Park Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jan 2022 Battery storage Robjohns Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Battery storage Brentwood nergy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2021 Solar farm Canon Barns Road - Solar Photovoltaic Arrays & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2023 Solar farm Hill Farm Solar Park & Battery Storage (Hanningfield Green) Approved, not yet built · 37 MW
Jul 2022 Battery storage Hill Farm Solar Park & Battery Storage (Hanningfield Green) Approved, not yet built
Jul 2022 Rooftop solar Robjohns Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2021 Battery storage Verge Fronting, Westway - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2026 Solar farm Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Mill Road, Ingatestone Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Mill Lane, Ingatestone Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Road closure
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 decided Jan 2024 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 Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Outwood Farm (Phase 1) (solar farm, 4.8 km); Crays Hall Farm - Solar Arrays (solar farm, 6.4 km); Hutton Battery Storage (Lower Road) (battery storage, 6.6 km); Nevendon (battery storage, 8.7 km); Nevendon Battery Storage Extension (battery storage, 8.7 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.