Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Dartford › Neighbourhood Wilmington & Hawley › Postcode DA2 7PU What's changing near DA2 7PU Within 2 km, around Wilmington & Hawley in Dartford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
16 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.3% like-for-like prices in Wilmington & Hawley, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.7%)
-3% 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 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in DA2 7PU 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 46 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (138 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Battery storage Darenth Road - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Oct 2025 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Sports Centre, Darenth Road - Solar Photo Voltaic System Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Dartford Grammar School For Boys, West Hill - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar White Oak Leisure Centre, Hilda May Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Princes Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2023 Rooftop solar Northern Gateway Distribution Centre,Central Road North - Solar Panels Planning application in · 550 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Northern Gateway Distribution Centre, Central Road North - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 840 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Littlebrook Hospital, Bow Arrow Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
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 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 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 Mar 2025 Decided decided Feb 2022 Pre-application application due March 2028 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Littlebrook Battery Storage (battery storage, 5.1 km); Longreach STW - extension (other, 5.2 km); Rainham Phase II (landfill gas, 7.5 km); Rainham Landfill Scheme, Phase I (landfill gas, 7.5 km); Riverside Resource Recovery Facility (RRRF) (energy from waste, 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.