Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Canterbury › Neighbourhood Canterbury St Stephen's › Postcode CT2 7QZ What's changing near CT2 7QZ Within 2 km, around Canterbury St Stephen's in Canterbury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
182 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
34 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.9% like-for-like prices in Canterbury St Stephen's, 2024 → 2025 (council 0.0%)
-7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 79 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 34 new homes completed flats · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 64 new homes completed flats · Oct 2024
Oct 2024 Planning permission May 2021 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.
16 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
35 since energy certificates began (2008)
5 in CT2 7QZ itself
Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2020 Extended certificate 2019 Extended certificate 2013 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
42 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
8 spill events counted
Southern Water Canterbury Wastewater Treatment Wks into River Great Stour 7 spills, 42 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Southern Water Kingsmead Road Canterbury Cso into Great Stour River 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
800 m 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 21 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (103 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Kings School Recreation Centre, St Stephens Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Parker Steel, Vauxhall Industrial Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar University Of Kent, Templeman Library - Solar PV panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 Solar farm Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 38 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Kent And Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 940 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Kent Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 850 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Morrisons, Ten Perch Road - Solar Pv Panels Approved, not yet built · 420 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar Amery Court Farm - Solar Array Planning application in
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar Howfield Farm, Howfield Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Oct 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major Market Way, Canterbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Downs Road, Canterbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Downs Road, Canterbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major St Stephen'S Court, Canterbury Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Two-way signals
Aug 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Riverdale Road, Canterbury Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Temp obstruction 15 minute delay
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Broad Oak Road, Canterbury Utility asset works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Vauxhall Road, Canterbury Utility asset works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Shalloak Road, Broad Oak Utility asset works · BT · Multi-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 Aug 2017 Decided Cleve Hill Solar Park Generating Stations · Land approximately 2 km northeast of Faversham and 5 km west of Whitstable on the North Kent Coast. decided May 2020 Decided decided Feb 2013 Decided decided Aug 2022 Decided decided Dec 2017 Decided decided Oct 2025 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Shelford Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 900 m); Shelford Generation Plant II (landfill gas, 1.0 km); Woodlands Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 4.3 km); Littlebourne (solar farm, 4.4 km); Owls Hatch Road (solar farm, 6.5 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.