Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Elmbridge › Neighbourhood Hersham › Postcode KT12 4JA What's changing near KT12 4JA Within 2 km, around Hersham in Elmbridge. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
44 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
173 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-2.1% like-for-like prices in Hersham, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.1%)
-17% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 6 new homes completed 4 flats, 2 houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025
Jul 2025 Planning permission May 2025 New school Aug 2023 School closed School closed: Westward School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 26 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
38 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
68 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in KT12 4JA 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 26 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (15 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Garson Farm, Winterdown Road - Solar Panels & Battery Storage Planning application in · 780 kW
May 2023 Battery storage Garson Farm, Winterdown Road - Solar Panels & Battery Storage Planning application in
May 2023 Rooftop solar Garson Farm, Winterdown Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 280 kW
Aug 2022 Battery storage Rydens Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Big Yellow Self Storage, Central Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Brooklands Road - Solar Photovoltaics Panels Approved, not yet built
Sept 2025 Energy from waste Charlton Lane Eco Park (ACT) Being built · 4 MW
May 2015 Rooftop solar Vickers Drive North, Brooklands Industrial Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Apr 2023 Battery storage Sunbury Battery Energy Storage System - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 MW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Avro Way, Brooklands Industrial Park - Solar Panel Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Mar 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Rydens Grove, Walton-On-Thames Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Hersham Road, Walton-On-Thames Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · 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 May 2022 Pre-application application due March 2027 Pre-application application due December 2027 Pre-application Heathrow West Airports · Heathrow Airport and land to the north-west and west of Heathrow Airport application due November 2027 Decided decided Nov 2023 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Hurst Road - Walton Solar PV Farm (solar farm, 4.3 km); Walton WTW PV (solar farm, 4.5 km); Charlton Lane Eco Park (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.3 km); Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics (rooftop solar, 6.6 km); London’s Queen Elizabeth II reservoir (solar farm, 7.0 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.
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.