What's changing near ME15 8SQ
Within 2 km, around Kingswood, Langley Heath & Chart Sutton in Maidstone. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
257new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.4%like-for-like prices in Kingswood, Langley Heath & Chart Sutton, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.9%)
+12%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
9 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
650 m away - New homes
15 new homes completed1 flats, 14 houses · Aug 2026
Sept 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
21 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
600 m away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
49 new homes completed2 flats, 47 houses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
600 m away - New homes
23 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
450 m away - New homes
24 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
450 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
450 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
650 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
600 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025
650 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025
650 m away
7homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
12since energy certificates began (2008)
1in ME15 8SQ 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
4storm overflows within 2 km
19hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
11spill events counted
- Southern Water
Bearsted Wastewater P Sinto River Len9 spills, 14 hours in 2025
600 m away - Southern Water
Deringwood Drive Maidstone Ceointo The River Len1 spills, 5 hours in 2025
400 m away - Southern Water
Oxford Road Shepway Csointo A Trib Of The River Len1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.0 km away - Southern Water
Spot Lane Bearsted Ceointo The River Len0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
400 m 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
14 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (85 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
W M Morrisons Supermarkets - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 360 kW
Apr 2022
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Maidstone Borough Council Depot, Bircholt Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
May 2025
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Sutton Road, Langley - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 830 kW
Apr 2025
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Ledian Farm, Upper Street - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Feb 2024
3.3 km away - Solar farm
East Hill Farm - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Sept 2023
4.5 km away - Solar farm
Mid Kent College, Tonbridge Road - Air Source Heat Pumps & Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2024
4.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Event Centre, Detling Hill - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
May 2026
5.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Mid Kent College, Tonbridge Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 350 kW
Jul 2023
5.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Coxheath County Primary School, Stockett Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Dec 2025
5.5 km away - Rooftop solar
St Leonards Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022
6.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
- Minor
Willow Rise, DownswoodUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTH EAST WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
250 m away - Minor
School Lane, MaidstoneUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTH EAST WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Jul 2019
17.7 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2021
18.1 km away - Decided
Tilbury2Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019
25.4 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2022
25.6 km away - Decided
Cleve Hill Solar ParkGenerating Stations · Land approximately 2 km northeast of Faversham and 5 km west of Whitstable on the North Kent Coast. decided May 2020
26.6 km away - Decideddecided Dec 2017
28.1 km away
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: Allington EFW (energy from waste, 6.0 km); BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK (solar farm, 8.9 km); Aylesford BESS (battery storage, 9.7 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.