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
3storm overflows within 2 km
169hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
28spill events counted
Southern Water
Herne Bay Wwtwinto Hogwell Sewer & R.Great Stour · near bathing water: Herne Bay11 spills, 111 hours in 2025
1.6 km away
Southern Water
Gainsborough Drive Wwps, Herne Bayinto North Sea Via A Ditch · near bathing water: Herne Bay; Herne Bay Central9 spills, 32 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Southern Water
Kings Hall Wps, Herne Bayinto North Sea · near bathing water: Herne Bay; Herne Bay Central8 spills, 26 hours in 2025
41 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 1.1 km away
New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025
Mar 2025 1.2 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 22 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Rooftop solar
University Of Kent, Templeman Library - Solar PV panelsApproved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 9.7 km away
Battery storage
Markerstudy Business Park, Wraik Hill - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 9.8 km away
Running nearest: Owls Hatch Road (solar farm, 4.2 km); Molehill Farm (solar farm, 4.8 km); Woodlands Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 5.1 km); St Nicholas Court Farm (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 6.4 km); Shelford Generation Plant II (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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Generating Stations · approximately 8km off the east coast of Kent, in areas surrounding Thanet Offshore Wind Farm
decided Jun 2020 28.2 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.