Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Canterbury › Neighbourhood Hampton, West End & Swalecliffe › Postcode CT6 8AQ What's changing near CT6 8AQ Within 2 km, around Hampton, West End & Swalecliffe in Canterbury. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
366 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.5% like-for-like prices in Hampton, West End & Swalecliffe, 2024 → 2025 (council 0.0%)
+12% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homes School closed Extended home Storm overflow Energy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 36 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 1.2 km away New homes 62 new homes completed 36 flats, 26 houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 1.8 km away New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 1.3 km away New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 1.2 km away School closed School closed: Fairlight Glen Independent Special School Other independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Jul 2026 2.0 km away New homes 58 new homes completed 16 flats, 42 houses · Feb 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 1.3 km away New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 1.9 km away New homes 11 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 1.8 km away New homes 33 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 1.7 km away New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 1.7 km away New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 1.7 km away New homes 12 new homes completed
25 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
48 since energy certificates began (2008)
7 in CT6 8AQ itself
Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2012 Extended certificate 2011 Extended
Storm overflows within 2 km 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 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 11 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (86 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Hydrogen Ryse Hydrogen Limited, Thanet Way - Hydrogen Electrolysis Facility Approved, not yet built
Jul 2020 300 m away Battery storage Owls Hatch Road, Thanet Way - Battery Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jul 2025 1.4 km away Rooftop solar Swalecliffe Community Primary School, Bridgefield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2023 2.4 km away Battery storage Woodlands Farm, Calcott Hill - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 228 MW
May 2026 4.5 km away Battery storage Markerstudy Business Park, Wraik Hill - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 5.8 km away Solar farm Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 38 MW
Jul 2025 5.9 km away Battery storage Britton Court Farm, Hackington Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jul 2025 5.9 km away Rooftop solar Amery Court Farm - Solar Array Planning application in
Oct 2021 6.6 km away Rooftop solar University Of Kent, Templeman Library - Solar PV panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Dec 2024 7.7 km away Rooftop solar Parker Steel, Vauxhall Industrial Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Oct 2024 7.7 km away Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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 5.8 km away Decided decided Aug 2017 12.0 km away 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 12.1 km away Decided decided Aug 2022 18.1 km away Decided decided Feb 2021 23.2 km away Decided decided Jul 2019 23.4 km away Decided Transport schemes within 20 km 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.
Running nearest: Molehill Farm (solar farm, 1.1 km); Owls Hatch Road (solar farm, 1.6 km); Woodlands Farm Solar Park (solar farm, 4.9 km); Shelford Generation Plant II (landfill gas, 7.3 km); Shelford Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 7.5 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.