Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Waverley › Neighbourhood Farnham Shortheath › Postcode GU9 8LJ What's changing near GU9 8LJ Within 2 km, around Farnham Shortheath in Waverley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
79 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
72 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.5% like-for-like prices in Farnham Shortheath, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.3%)
-11% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Aug 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Dec 2024 New homes 23 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 Planning permission Jun 2023 Planning permission Jan 2023 Planning permission Jul 2021 19 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
46 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in GU9 8LJ itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2017 Extended certificate 2013 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
302 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
31 spill events counted
Thames Water Farnham into Farnham Park Tributary 27 spills, 269 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Thames Water Waverley Lane Sps into Farnham Bourne 4 spills, 33 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 17 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (16 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Brightwells Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Nov 2022 Battery storage University For The Creative Arts, Falkner Road - ASHP & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar University For The Creative Arts, Falkner Road - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 570 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Kinetrol Manufacturing,Farnham Trading Estate - Solar Panels Planning application in · 240 kW
Oct 2022 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure Club, Wilkinson Way - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Sept 2023 Battery storage Crondall Road, Crondall - Fleet Bramley Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Aug 2025 Battery storage Rye Common Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Sept 2021 Battery storage Blue Bell Lodge, Rye Common Lane - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2023 Battery storage Penn Croft Farm, Crondall - Battery Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Jan 2023 Battery storage Coxmoor Wood, Crondall Road - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 57 MW
Apr 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 17 permitted works running now or planned, 14 of them major.
Major Searle Road, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Farnham Footpath 21/10, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Sheephouse, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Upper Way, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Upper Way, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Firgrove Hill, Farnham Highway repair and maintenance works · SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Farnham By-Pass, Farnham Highway repair and maintenance works · SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major St Johns Road, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Lancaster Avenue, Farnham Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Oct 2020 Decided decided May 2022 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.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Farnham Landfill (landfill gas, 2.5 km); Runfold Landfill (landfill gas, 2.7 km); Marsh House Solar Park (solar farm, 3.6 km); Farnborough Airport - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 8.7 km); Hungerford Farm (solar farm, 10.0 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.