What's changing near CR5 2LQ
Within 2 km, around Old Coulsdon in Croydon. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
65new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.9%like-for-like prices in Old Coulsdon, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
-0%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool closedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
8 new homes completed6 flats, 2 houses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
8 new homes completed6 flats, 2 houses · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · May 2026
May 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · May 2026
May 2026
850 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
2.0 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.4 km away - School closed
School closed: Reedham Park School LimitedOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2020
1.8 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Planning applications within 500 m
37applications in the last 12 months
29approved · 4 refused
4still being decided
0net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
127, Marlpit Lane, CR5 2HHDetails pursuant to the discharge of condition 10 (lighting design strategy) attached to permission ref. 24/03893/FUL for Change of use from MOT and servicing centre (Use Class B2) to vehicle rental premises (Sui Generis). Demolition of existing buildings and erection of single storey office building and vehicle wash bay, new car parking (including vehicle storage) and associated works. InstallatiCroydon 26/02668/DISC · All Other
Sept 2026
150 m away - Application Under Consideration
14, Placehouse Lane, CR5 1LAErection of a single-storey rear and side extension to provide a larger kitchen, utility and garage/store.Croydon 26/02545/HSE · Householder
Sept 2026
400 m away - Application Under Consideration
14, Placehouse Lane, CR5 1LALOFT CONVERSION WITH REAR DORMER AND VELUX ON FRONT ELEVATIONCroydon 26/02544/LP · All Other
Sept 2026
400 m away - No Objection to Proposal (OBS only)
234, Dormer Lodge, Coulsdon Road, CR5 1EAT396 - Gleditsia To crown reduce by 1.5 - 2m and o crown lift to a height of 4m from ground level. T397 - Rowan To crown reduce by 1-1.5m to previous reduction points and clear phone line by 1m. T399 - Silver Birch To reduce height by 3m and lateral branches by 1.5m to balance. To cut back adjacent Elder to give a 1m clearance.Croydon 26/02502/CAT · All Other
Sept 2026
300 m away - Application Under Consideration
127, Marlpit Lane, CR5 2HHDetails pursuant to condition 6 (Infiltration drainage) of planning permission 24/03893/FUL for "Change of use from MOT and servicing centre (Use Class B2) to vehicle rental premises (Sui Generis). Demolition of existing buildings and erection of single storey office building and vehicle wash bay, new car parking (including vehicle storage) and associated works. Installation of signage to new buil
25homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 44 m²
37since energy certificates began (2008)
0in CR5 2LQ 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 3 running (31 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Verge At Succombs Hill, By Wapses Lodge Roundabout - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2024
3.7 km away - Battery storage
Caterham Bypass - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 12 MW
Sept 2024
4.5 km away - Battery storage
Merstham Community Hub, Merstham - Energy Storage FacilityPlanning application in · 200 kW
Jul 2024
5.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Whitgift School, Nottingham Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 390 kW
Aug 2022
5.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Legal And General Kingswood House, St Monicas Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
May 2023
6.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Richard Doll Building, Cotswold Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 460 kW
Jan 2024
6.4 km away - Rooftop solar
The Royal Alexandra And Albert School, Gatton Park - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 340 kW
May 2023
6.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Westcroft Leisure Centre, Westcroft Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Oct 2024
6.8 km away - Battery storage
Godstone Fire Station, Fosterdown - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024
7.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys Supermarket, Trafalgar Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Road and street works within 1 km
16 permitted works running now or planned, 13 of them major.
- Major
Mead Way, CoulsdonUtility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
400 m away - Major, planned
Blueberry Gardens, CroydonUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Blueberry Gardens, CroydonUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Footpath 747 From Rutherwick Rise To Woodhatch Spinney, CoulsdonUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Marlpit Avenue, CroydonUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Ullswater Crescent, CroydonNew service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
900 m away - Major
Ullswater Crescent, CroydonNew service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
900 m away - Major, planned
Alder Croft, CroydonUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
900 m away - Major
Alder Croft, Croydon
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Sept 2025
17.8 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
21.3 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
22.2 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2027
22.5 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
22.8 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
23.3 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Northern line extension: Battersea Power StationNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
18.9 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
19.0 km away
No Objection to Proposal (OBS only)91, Coulsdon Road, CR5 2LD1, Hazel - To re-pollard 2, Apple - To reduce right hand stem tops by circa 2.5m and reshape to balance. 3, Tulip - To re-pollard. 4, Dead Tree - To fell (EXEMPT) 5, Red Robin - To crown reduce by circa 2-2.5m and shape.Croydon 26/00578/CAT · All Other
Feb 2026
100 m away Running nearest: Patteson Court Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.6 km); Beddington EfW (energy from waste, 8.1 km); Redhill 2 (landfill gas, 8.4 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.
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.