Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Broxbourne › Neighbourhood Waltham Cross Town › Postcode EN8 7SG What's changing near EN8 7SG Within 2 km, around Waltham Cross Town in Broxbourne. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
154 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
9 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.6% like-for-like prices in Waltham Cross Town, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.8%)
+0% 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 homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 92 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 Planning permission Feb 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 27 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
1 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 72 m²
8 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in EN8 7SG 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 25 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (64 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Iceland, Solar Way - Solar Photovoltaic Array Approved, not yet built · 3 MW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Solar Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
May 2024 Rooftop solar The Arena - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Aug 2024 Rooftop solar The Arena - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Aug 2024 Rooftop solar St Marys C Of E Va High School, Lieutenant Ellis Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 9 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Lockfield Avenue Solar Being built · 200 kW
Dec 2020 Rooftop solar Delta Park Industrial Estate, Millmarsh Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Johnson Matthey, Jeffreys Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 700 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar The Scout Association, Gilwell Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Nov 2025 Solar farm Gilwell Park, Bury Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 620 kW
May 2024 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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 2017 Decided decided Apr 2014 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided decided May 2022 Pre-application application due March 2028 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Waltham Point Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 1.0 km); Cattlegate Farm Biogas (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 6.5 km); Deephams Sewerage Treatment Works (anaerobic digestion, 6.8 km); Edmonton EcoPark EfW (energy from waste, 7.9 km); Advent Way - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 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.
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.