Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Medway › Neighbourhood Rainham South West › Postcode ME8 0AA What's changing near ME8 0AA Within 2 km, around Rainham South West in Medway. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
66 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
20 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.0% like-for-like prices in Rainham South West, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
+5% 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 homes 9 new homes completed flats · Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed flats · Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 School closed School closed: Bryony School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025 Planning permission Jul 2024 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 105 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in ME8 0AA 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 20 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (28 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Gillingham Technical Centre, Phinia Courteney Road - Solar PV Systems Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2024 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 Battery storage Beechings Way, Eastcourt Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Burnt Oak Primary School, Richmond Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Mill Road - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Mar 2022 Battery storage Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHP Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Mid Kent College, Medway Road - Solar PV Array Approved, not yet built · 400 kW
Sept 2023 Energy from waste Medway One - Energy Hub Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jul 2024 Battery storage Medway One - Energy Hub Approved, not yet built
Jul 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned.
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 Jul 2019 Decided decided Feb 2021 Decided decided Feb 2022 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 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: Iwade Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.8 km); Bobbing solar farm (solar farm, 7.3 km); Orchard Farm (solar farm, 7.9 km); BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK (solar farm, 8.8 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.