Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Swale › Neighbourhood Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar › Postcode ME9 9AH What's changing near ME9 9AH Within 2 km, around Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar in Swale. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
219 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
184 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.2% like-for-like prices in Sittingbourne South, Bapchild & Bredgar, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.5%)
+13% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 28 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed flats · Mar 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 48 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in ME9 9AH 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 24 planned, approved or being built and 13 running (210 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Hempstead Farm, Hempstead Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 680 kW
Oct 2022 Battery storage Plot 2B EurolinkV Being built · 20 MW
Oct 2021 Rooftop solar Cook Pastry and Pies - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 960 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Floplast, Castle Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2024 Battery storage Castle Road, Eurolink - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Castle Road, Eurolink - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 460 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Wienerberger, Castle Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2024 Solar farm Pitstock Farm - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 41 MW
Oct 2025 Battery storage Ridham Avenue, Swale Way - Kemsley Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 249 MW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Energy Recovery Facility, Barge Way - Solar Panels Planning application in · 270 kW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Church Road, Tonge Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Church Road, Tonge Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 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 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 Decided decided Dec 2017 Decided decided Feb 2013 Decided decided Oct 2025 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Tonge Corner Farm (solar farm, 2.5 km); K3 CHP Facility (Kemsley EfW) (energy from waste, 3.7 km); Kemsley Substation (battery storage, 4.0 km); Morrisons roof mounted solar (rooftop solar, 4.5 km); Ridham CHP Plant (biomass, 5.4 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.
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.