Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Colchester › Neighbourhood Prettygate & Westlands › Postcode CO3 4AF What's changing near CO3 4AF Within 2 km, around Prettygate & Westlands in Colchester. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
14 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2% like-for-like prices in Prettygate & Westlands, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
+14% 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 school New school: The Willows Other independent special school, other independent special school
Sept 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 School closed School closed: Oxford House School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Aug 2025 New school Jan 2025 New school Sept 2020 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.
27 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 41 m²
37 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CO3 4AF 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 12 running (162 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Gosbecks Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar The Big Yellow Self Storage Co, Bruff Close - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2023 Solar farm Military Corrective Training Centre, Berechurch Hall Camp - Solar Panels Planning application in · 510 kW
May 2024 Battery storage Grange Box, Grange Way - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2022 Battery storage Via Urbis Romanae, Whitmore Drive - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Tesco Stores, Highwoods Square - Solar Panels Planning application in · 200 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, United Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Hollywood Bowl, United Way - Solar Array Planning application in · 270 kW
Aug 2022 Rooftop solar University Of Essex - Solar Panels Planning application in
Jul 2021 Battery storage Telford Way, Stephenson Road - Micro Energy Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 17 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned Church Lane, Colchester Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned The Commons, Colchester Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Prettygate Road, Colchester Remedial works · ANGLIAN WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Wordsworth Road, Colchester Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Gainsborough Road, Colchester Utility asset works · BT · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Heath Road, Colchester Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Shakespeare Road, Colchester Highway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Lexden Grove, Colchester Highway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Byron Avenue, Colchester Highway repair and maintenance works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Plume Avenue, Colchester
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km 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 Decided decided Dec 2024 Decided decided Jan 2024 Pre-application Dengie Peninsula Energy Park Generating Stations · Located north-east and south of the village of Bradwell-on-Sea and east of the village of Burnham-on-Crouch. application due October 2027 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 Sept 2012 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: Bellhouse Pit Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 2.9 km); Bellhouse South (landfill gas, 2.9 km); Layer Farm - Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.1 km); Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage (solar farm, 4.9 km); Birch Solar Farm & Battery Storage (battery storage, 4.9 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.