What's changing near ME2 2LG

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  34 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2026
  Oct 2026
  1.2 km away
• New homes
  10 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – May 2026
  May 2026
  1.2 km away
• New homes
  12 new homes completedflats · May 2025
  May 2025
  600 m away
• New homes
  7 new homes completedflats · Jan 2025
  Jan 2025
  1.9 km away
• New homes
  12 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jan 2025
  Jan 2025
  1.8 km away
• New homes
  10 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024
  Nov 2024
  1.2 km away
• School closed
  School closed: Manorway Independent SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
  Feb 2024
  800 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesRiverview Lodge Guest House 88 Borstal Road Rochester (full planning permission)
  Nov 2023
  2.0 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 6 homesLand rear of 161-163 High Street, Strood (full planning permission)
  Mar 2023
  1.6 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 6 homes2 and 4 Laburnum Road Strood (full planning permission)
  Feb 2023
  650 m away

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Darnley Road: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Hawthorn Road: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Seagull Road: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Ranscombe Close: 1 home extended since 2021
• Southwark Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Highlands Close: 1 home extended since 2021
• Lilac Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• The Spires: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  23, Lilac Crescent84 m² → 106 m² (+22 m²)
  certificate 2018

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

• Southern Water
  Brambletree Crescent Borstal Ceointo The River Medway Estuary12 spills, 21 hours in 2025
  1.7 km away
• Southern Water
  Bryant Road Stroodinto Tidal River Medway6 spills, 11 hours in 2025
  1.6 km away
• Southern Water
  Charles Street Strood Csointo Medway Estuary6 spills, 5 hours in 2025
  1.6 km away
• Southern Water
  Cuxton Combined Emergency Overflowinto The Tidal River Medway0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
  1.5 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

21 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (189 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Battery storage
  Sundridge HillBeing built · 50 MW
  Feb 2022
  1.5 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Morrisons Supermarket, Rochester - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
  May 2022
  1.6 km away
• Battery storage
  Four Elms Roundabout, Wainscott - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Sept 2025
  4.1 km away
• Battery storage
  Wouldham Road, Wouldham - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
  Jan 2022
  4.2 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Mill Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
  Mar 2022
  4.8 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Mid Kent College, Medway Road - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
  Sept 2023
  4.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHPApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
  Nov 2023
  4.9 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Burnt Oak Primary School, Richmond Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
  Jan 2026
  5.5 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Lion Business Park, Dering Way - Solar panelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
  Mar 2024
  7.6 km away
• Battery storage
  Beechings Way, Eastcourt Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built
  Sept 2025
  7.6 km away

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned.

• Standard
  Roman Way, RochesterUtility asset works · HARLAXTON ENERGY NETWORKS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  800 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

• Decided
  Tilbury2Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury
  decided Feb 2019
  9.7 km away
• Decided
  Thurrock Flexible Generation PlantGenerating Stations · North of the existing Tilbury National Grid substation, off Station Road, Thurrock, RM18 8UL
  decided Feb 2022
  9.8 km away
• Decided
  Lower Thames CrossingHighways · East of Gravesend and Tilbury
  decided Mar 2025
  15.0 km away
• Decided
  Kemsley Paper Mill (K4) CHP Plant Generating Stations · Land within the south-eastern part of the Kemsley Paper Mill, Kemsley, Sittingbourne.
  decided Jul 2019
  20.0 km away
• Decided
  Wheelabrator Kemsley Generating Station (K3) and Wheelabrator Kemsley North (WKN) Waste to Energy FacilityGenerating Stations · Adjacent to and immediately NE of the Kemsley Paper Mill, in Kemsley, Sittingbourne, Kent
  decided Feb 2021
  20.1 km away
• Decided
  Cory Decarbonisation ProjectGenerating Stations · Riverside Resource Recovery Facility, Norman Road North, Belvedere, DA17 6JY
  decided Nov 2025
  25.2 km away
• Decided
  Riverside Energy Park

Transport schemes within 20 km

None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Strood South & Temple Marsh: +19% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 100 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -0.1% in two years.
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