Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Tonbridge and Malling › Neighbourhood Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill › Postcode ME5 9BU What's changing near ME5 9BU Within 2 km, around Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill in Tonbridge and Malling. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
58 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
9 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.5% like-for-like prices in Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.4%)
-3% 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 6 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
10 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 49 m²
22 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in ME5 9BU 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 22 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (85 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Mackenders Close - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Battery storage Wouldham Road, Wouldham - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jan 2022 Rooftop solar Unit A Riverside Business Park - Roof mounted solar panels Approved, not yet built · 990 kW
Jul 2022 Rooftop solar St Leonards Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022 Rooftop solar Phinia, Courteney Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Gillingham Technical Centre, Courteney Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Gillingham Technical Centre, Phinia Courteney Road - Solar PV Systems Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2024 Battery storage Sundridge Hill Being built · 50 MW
Feb 2022 Battery storage Corona Terrace And Hollow Lane - Micro Energy Storage System Planning application in · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Larkfield Leisure Centre, New Hythe Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Dec 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Bluebell Hill Slip South On, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Bluebell Hill Slip South On, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Taddington Wood Roundabout, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Robin Hood Lane, Chatham Disconnection or alteration of supply · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Bluebell Hill Slip Link Bridge, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Bluebell Hill Slip Link Bridge, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Lord Lees Roundabout, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Bluebell Hill Slip South On, Chatham Highway repair and maintenance works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Thistlebank, Chatham Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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 Decided Cleve Hill Solar Park Generating Stations · Land approximately 2 km northeast of Faversham and 5 km west of Whitstable on the North Kent Coast. decided May 2020 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: BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK (solar farm, 3.0 km); Aylesford BESS (battery storage, 4.7 km); Allington EFW (energy from waste, 5.8 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.