Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Dartford › Neighbourhood Temple Hill & Marshes › Postcode DA1 5GB What's changing near DA1 5GB Within 2 km, around Temple Hill & Marshes in Dartford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
1 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
7 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.4% like-for-like prices in Temple Hill & Marshes, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.7%)
-15% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first Planning permission Jun 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
5 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in DA1 5GB 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
84 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
10 spill events counted
Thames Water Long Reach Wwtw into Tidal River Thames 10 spills, 84 hours in 2025
1000 m away Thames Water N/A into Not Applicable 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Thames Water Dartford Creek Storm into Darent/Dartford Creek 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Thames Water Priory Road, Dartford (Foul) into Darent 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.9 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 54 planned, approved or being built and 27 running (308 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar One Hundred House, Brunel Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 770 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Littlebrook DC1, Shield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Northern Gateway Distribution Centre, Central Road North - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 840 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Northern Gateway Distribution Centre,Central Road North - Solar Panels Planning application in · 550 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Riverbridge House, Admirals Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Littlebrook Hospital, Bow Arrow Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Dartford Grammar School For Boys, West Hill - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Fairfield Pool, Lowfield Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
Oct 2023 Rooftop solar Fairfield Centre, Lowfield Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Oct 2023 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Sports Centre, Darenth Road - Solar Photo Voltaic System Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor Cornwall Road, Dartford Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Chaucer Way, Dartford Permanent reinstatement · BT · 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 decided Nov 2025 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020 Decided decided Mar 2025 Decided Tilbury2 Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019 Decided decided Feb 2022 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Longreach STW - extension (other, 400 m); Littlebrook Battery Storage (battery storage, 1.4 km); Rainham Phase II (landfill gas, 3.9 km); Rainham Landfill Scheme, Phase I (landfill gas, 3.9 km); Aveley (landfill gas, 4.6 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.