Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Tonbridge and Malling › Neighbourhood Larkfield & New Hythe › Postcode ME20 6LZ What's changing near ME20 6LZ Within 2 km, around Larkfield & New Hythe in Tonbridge and Malling. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
293 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.0% like-for-like prices in Larkfield & New Hythe, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.4%)
+12% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 19 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 31 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed 1 flats, 5 houses · Dec 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 24 new homes completed 1 flats, 23 houses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed 8 flats, 13 houses · Jun 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 17 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
35 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in ME20 6LZ 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 20 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (93 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Larkfield Leisure Centre, New Hythe Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Dec 2024 Rooftop solar Nutriblend House, Mills Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 340 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Unit A Riverside Business Park - Roof mounted solar panels Approved, not yet built · 990 kW
Jul 2022 Battery storage Corona Terrace & Hollow Lane - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2026 Battery storage Corona Terrace And Hollow Lane - Micro Energy Storage System Planning application in · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Battery storage Mackenders Close - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar St Leonards Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022 Rooftop solar Mid Kent College, Tonbridge Road - Solar Panels Planning application in · 350 kW
Jul 2023 Solar farm Mid Kent College, Tonbridge Road - Air Source Heat Pumps & Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Offham Landfill Site - Solar PV Array Being built · 10 MW
Mar 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned New Hythe Lane, Aylesford Section 50 · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major New Hythe Lane, Aylesford Section 50 · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard New Hythe Lane, Aylesford Utility asset works · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Two-way signals
Mar 2027 to Apr 2027 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided Tilbury2 Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019 Decided decided Feb 2022 Decided decided Jul 2019 Decided decided Feb 2021 Decided decided Mar 2025 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: Aylesford BESS (battery storage, 2.0 km); BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK (solar farm, 3.4 km); Allington EFW (energy from waste, 3.5 km); Kingshill Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.7 km); Offham Landfill Site Phase II (landfill gas, 6.0 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.