Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Canterbury › Neighbourhood Whitstable Central & Tankerton › Postcode CT5 1RW What's changing near CT5 1RW Within 2 km, around Whitstable Central & Tankerton in Canterbury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
391 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
90 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.7% like-for-like prices in Whitstable Central & Tankerton, 2024 → 2025 (council 0.0%)
+29% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 33 new homes completed 9 flats, 24 houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed 18 flats, 3 houses · Mar 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 51 new homes completed 30 flats, 21 houses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 42 new homes completed 19 flats, 23 houses · Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 24 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
45 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in CT5 1RW 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 4 storm overflows within 2 km
57 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
48 spill events counted
Southern Water Gorrell Outfall Via Diamond Rd Cso into Tankerton Bay · near bathing water: Tankerton; West Beach, Whitstable 14 spills, 27 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Southern Water Tankerton Bay Outfall into Controlled Sea · near bathing water: Ventnor; West Beach, Whitstable 9 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Southern Water Tankerton Bay Outfall into Controlled Sea · near bathing water: Ventnor; West Beach, Whitstable 11 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Southern Water Tankerton Bay Outfall into Controlled Sea · near bathing water: Ventnor; West Beach, Whitstable 14 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.4 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 15 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (614 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Markerstudy Business Park, Wraik Hill - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Swalecliffe Community Primary School, Bridgefield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2023 Battery storage Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way - Battery Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jul 2025 Hydrogen Ryse Hydrogen Limited, Thanet Way - Hydrogen Electrolysis Facility Approved, not yet built
Jul 2020 Rooftop solar Amery Court Farm - Solar Array Planning application in
Oct 2021 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 University Of Kent, Templeman Library - Solar PV panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 Battery storage Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 228 MW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Parker Steel, Vauxhall Industrial Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major, planned Harwich Street, Whitstable Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Middle Wall, Whitstable Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Leggetts Lane, Whitstable Utility asset works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Leggetts Lane, Whitstable Utility asset works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Island Wall, Whitstable Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard High Street, Whitstable New service connection · SOUTH EAST WATER · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Albert Street, Whitstable Disconnection or alteration of supply · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
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 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 2017 Decided decided Feb 2021 Decided decided Jul 2019 Decided decided Aug 2022 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Molehill Farm (solar farm, 3.7 km); Owls Hatch Road (solar farm, 4.6 km); Woodlands Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 7.1 km); Shelford Generation Plant II (landfill gas, 7.7 km); Shelford Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 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.
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.