Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Braintree › Neighbourhood Braintree West & Rayne › Postcode CM77 6AB What's changing near CM77 6AB Within 2 km, around Braintree West & Rayne in Braintree. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
15 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.2% like-for-like prices in Braintree West & Rayne, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.2%)
-2% 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.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in CM77 6AB 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
8 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
6 spill events counted
Anglian Water Rayne Stw into Pods Brook River Brain Nt 6 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Anglian Water Rayne Terminal Pumping Station into Pods Brook 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.1 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 17 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (111 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Battery storage Pods Brook Road - Battery Distribution Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Antislip Antiwear Treads International, Swinbourne Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Enterprise Drive, Springwood Drive - Batter Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Slamseys Energy Storage Being built · 10 MW
Jan 2020 Energy from waste Chelmsford City Racecourse - Pyrolysis Plant Approved, not yet built
Sept 2021 Rooftop solar Braintree Village, Charter Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 360 kW
Jun 2025 Battery storage Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery Storage Being built · 57 MW
Jan 2025 Solar farm Four Elms, Bardfield Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 350 kW
Jan 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major, planned The Street, Rayne Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Queenborough Lane, Rayne Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Shalford Road, Rayne Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Rayne Road, Rayne Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Dunmow Road, Rayne Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Station Road, Rayne Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Dunmow Road, Rayne Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · 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 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 Jan 2024 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: Drapers Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 2.0 km); Four Elms Solar Array (solar farm, 6.0 km); Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) (solar farm, 7.4 km); Kentishes Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.5 km); Tooleys Farm (solar farm, 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.