What's changing near CM77 7WG
Within 2 km, around Great Notley & Black Notley in Braintree. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
20new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.5%like-for-like prices in Great Notley & Black Notley, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.2%)
+15%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeEnergy projectBlack 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. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 37 m²
27since energy certificates began (2008)
1in CM77 7WG 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
19 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (112 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2023
1.3 km away - Battery storage
Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & Battery storageApproved, not yet built
Sept 2023
1.3 km away - Battery storage
Slamseys Energy StorageBeing built · 10 MW
Jan 2020
1.4 km away - Battery storage
Pods Brook Road - Battery DistributionApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Antislip Antiwear Treads International, Swinbourne Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2023
2.2 km away - Energy from waste
Chelmsford City Racecourse - Pyrolysis PlantApproved, not yet built
Sept 2021
2.6 km away - Battery storage
Enterprise Drive, Springwood Drive - Batter Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Braintree Village, Charter Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Jun 2025
3.2 km away - Battery storage
Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery StorageBeing built · 57 MW
Jan 2025
3.6 km away - Solar farm
Cressing East - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Mar 2025
5.5 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Avenue West, Great NotleyUtility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
400 m away - Minor
Garden Village Way, Great NotleyHighway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 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
8.4 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
9.0 km away - Decideddecided Jan 2024
11.0 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
27.7 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: Drapers Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 2.0 km); Cressing Solar Farm (Phase 1) (solar farm, 5.8 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (solar farm, 6.8 km); Periwinkle Hall - Links Solar photovoltaic farm & Battery storage (battery storage, 6.8 km); Kentishes Solar Farm (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.