Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Epping Forest › Neighbourhood Loughton North › Postcode IG10 2QW What's changing near IG10 2QW Within 2 km, around Loughton North in Epping Forest. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
20 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.7% like-for-like prices in Loughton North, 2024 → 2025 (council -0.3%)
-24% 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 6 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
19 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
34 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in IG10 2QW 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 32 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (60 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Aerzen House, Langston Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jan 2025 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 Roding Primary School and Nursery, Roding Lane North - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Delta Park Industrial Estate, Millmarsh Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2023 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 Johnson Matthey, Jeffreys Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 700 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 7 of them major.
Major The Croft, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Nov 2028 to May 2029 Major Coles Green, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Englands Lane, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Nov 2027 Major Hillcroft, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Hillyfields, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Mar 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Pyrles Lane, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Rectory Lane, Loughton Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Jun 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Colebrook Lane, Loughton Highway improvement works · ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Stony Path, Loughton Remedial works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 2017 Decided decided Apr 2014 Decided decided May 2022 Decided Silvertown Tunnel Highways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020 Decided decided Nov 2025 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Waltham Point Distribution Centre (rooftop solar, 5.8 km); Deephams Sewerage Treatment Works (anaerobic digestion, 8.5 km); Edmonton EcoPark EfW (energy from waste, 9.0 km); Advent Way - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 9.5 km); Bower Park Academy - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (rooftop solar, 9.8 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.