Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Braintree › Neighbourhood Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater › Postcode CM7 5LA What's changing near CM7 5LA Within 2 km, around Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater in Braintree. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
189 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.6% like-for-like prices in Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.2%)
+2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed 2 flats, 12 houses · Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed 4 flats, 12 houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed 6 flats, 4 houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed 6 flats, 10 houses · Nov 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed 3 flats, 3 houses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CM7 5LA 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
Anglian Water Church Street Cso into River Pant 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
400 m away Anglian Water Bradford Bridge Ps into Trib River Blackwater 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 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 19 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (121 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Enterprise Drive, Springwood Drive - Batter Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Antislip Antiwear Treads International, Swinbourne Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Pods Brook Road - Battery Distribution Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Battery storage Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage Being built · 57 MW
Jan 2025 Solar farm Kentish Farm 2 - Solar Farm Planning application in · 17 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Kentish Farm 2 - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 23 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Braintree Village, Charter Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 360 kW
Jun 2025 Solar farm Cressing East - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2025 Solar farm Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2023 Battery storage Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storage Approved, not yet built
Sept 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major Broad Road, Braintree Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major High Garrett, Braintree Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Broad Road Roundabout, Braintree Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Church Street, Bocking Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Church Street, Bocking Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Bovingdon Road, Braintree Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Churchill Road, Braintree Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Two-way signals
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 Dec 2024 Decided decided Jan 2024 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 Bramford to Twinstead Electric Lines · 29km linear route between the Bramford Substation,Suffolk and 1.5km south of Twinstead Tee, Essex decided Sept 2024 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: Kentishes Solar Farm (solar farm, 3.2 km); Gosfield Airfield (solar farm, 6.0 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (solar farm, 6.3 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (battery storage, 6.3 km); Drapers Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 6.6 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.