Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Canterbury › Neighbourhood Herne & Broomfield › Postcode CT6 7AR What's changing near CT6 7AR Within 2 km, around Herne & Broomfield in Canterbury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
399 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.2% like-for-like prices in Herne & Broomfield, 2024 → 2025 (council 0.0%)
+1% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 62 new homes completed 36 flats, 26 houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 42 new homes completed 31 flats, 11 houses · May 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed 1 flats, 5 houses · Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 19 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 51 new homes completed 1 flats, 50 houses · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 16 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 35 m²
24 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in CT6 7AR itself
Extended certificate 2017 Extended certificate 2015 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
4 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4 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 12 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (104 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 228 MW
May 2026 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 Swalecliffe Community Primary School, Bridgefield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2023 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 Parker Steel, Vauxhall Industrial Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar St Nicholas Court Farm, Court Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Amery Court Farm - Solar Array Planning application in
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar University Of Kent, Templeman Library - Solar PV panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Mill Lane, Herne Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Mill Lane, Herne Utility asset works · HARLAXTON ENERGY NETWORKS LIMITED · Road closure
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 Feb 2013 Decided decided Aug 2017 Decided decided Aug 2022 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 2021 Decided decided Jul 2019 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Owls Hatch Road (solar farm, 2.7 km); Woodlands Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 3.2 km); Molehill Farm (solar farm, 3.7 km); Shelford Generation Plant II (landfill gas, 6.5 km); Shelford Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 6.6 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.