What's changing near ME8 6AY
Within 2 km, around Twydall in Medway. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
84new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
41homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.0%like-for-like prices in Twydall, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
-2%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedflats · Jul 2026
Jul 2026
800 m away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.0 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.3 km away - School closed
School closed: Bryony SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedflats · May 2025
May 2025
1.6 km away - School closed
School closed: The GFC SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2024
1.6 km away - Planning permissionJul 2024
1.1 km away - Planning permissionFeb 2022
1.3 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 18 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
23since energy certificates began (2008)
1in ME8 6AY 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
0hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0spill 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 5 running (40 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Beechings Way, Eastcourt Lane - Battery Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built
Sept 2025
700 m away - Rooftop solar
Gillingham Technical Centre, Phinia Courteney Road - Solar PV SystemsApproved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2024
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Phinia, Courteney Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 2 MW
Mar 2024
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Gillingham Technical Centre, Courteney Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2024
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Burnt Oak Primary School, Richmond Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Jan 2026
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Mill Road - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Mar 2022
3.0 km away - Battery storage
Mid Kent College Medway Campus, Medway Road - Battery Storage, ASHPApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Nov 2023
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Mid Kent College, Medway Road - Solar PV ArrayApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Sept 2023
3.2 km away - Energy from waste
Medway One - Energy HubApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jul 2024
5.3 km away - Battery storage
Medway One - Energy HubApproved, not yet built
Jul 2024
5.3 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
6 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major, planned
Broadway, GillinghamUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Mar 2027
250 m away - Major
Broadway, GillinghamUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Jan 2027
250 m away - Major
Cornwallis Avenue, GillinghamHighway improvement works · MEDWAY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Jan 2027
800 m away - Major, planned
Cornwallis Avenue, GillinghamUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Standard
Cornwallis Avenue, GillinghamHighway improvement works · MEDWAY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027
750 m away - Standard
Cornwallis Avenue, GillinghamHighway improvement works · MEDWAY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
750 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
12.7 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2021
12.9 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2022
16.0 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
16.2 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2025
21.0 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
24.6 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: Iwade Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.6 km); Bobbing solar farm (solar farm, 8.2 km); Orchard Farm (solar farm, 8.7 km); BIOSSENCE SOLAR PARK (solar farm, 8.7 km); MALMAYNES HALL FARM (solar farm, 9.5 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.