What's changing near CM7 5LH
Within 2 km, around Bocking Churchstreet & Blackwater in Braintree. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
198new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes 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
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
550 m away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
600 m away - New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
14 new homes completed2 flats, 12 houses · Dec 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
16 new homes completed4 flats, 12 houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · May 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · May 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
400 m away - New homes
10 new homes completed6 flats, 4 houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
16 new homes completed6 flats, 10 houses · Nov 2025
Dec 2025
300 m away - New homes
12 new homes completed9 flats, 3 houses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 20251.8 km away
3homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 17 m²
5since energy certificates began (2008)
2in CM7 5LH itself
- Extendedcertificate 2014
- Extendedcertificate 2014
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
3storm overflows within 2 km
128hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
8spill events counted
- Anglian Water
Bocking Water Recycling Centreinto River Blackwater Nt8 spills, 128 hours in 2025
2.0 km away - Anglian Water
Church Street Csointo River Pant0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
950 m away - Anglian Water
Bradford Bridge Psinto Trib River Blackwater0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 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.
- Solar farm
Kentish Farm 2 - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 17 MW
Jul 2025
2.8 km away - Battery storage
Kentish Farm 2 - Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 23 MW
Jul 2025
2.8 km away - Battery storage
Enterprise Drive, Springwood Drive - Batter Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Antislip Antiwear Treads International, Swinbourne Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2023
3.2 km away - Battery storage
Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery StorageBeing built · 57 MW
Jan 2025
3.3 km away - Battery storage
Pods Brook Road - Battery DistributionApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Braintree Village, Charter Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Jun 2025
3.9 km away - Solar farm
Cressing East - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2025
5.4 km away - Solar farm
Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2023
6.5 km away - Battery storage
Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storageApproved, not yet built
Sept 2023
6.5 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major
High Garrett, BraintreeHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
650 m away - Major
Broad Road Roundabout, BraintreeHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
700 m away - Major
Broad Road, BraintreeHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
700 m away - Major
Braintree Bypass - A131, BraintreeHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026
750 m away - Standard
Church Street, BockingUtility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
300 m away - Standard
Thistley Green Road, BraintreePermanent reinstatement · BT · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 m away - Minor
Church Street, BockingHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Minor
Bovingdon Road, BraintreeUtility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 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 Dec 2024
8.1 km away - Decideddecided Jan 2024
12.1 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
13.6 km away - 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
23.0 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: Kentishes Solar Farm (solar farm, 2.6 km); Gosfield Airfield (solar farm, 5.7 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (solar farm, 6.1 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (battery storage, 6.1 km); Drapers Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 7.1 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.