What's changing near NR7 9HQ
Within 2 km, around Sprowston East in Broadland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
360new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
8homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.0%like-for-like prices in Sprowston East, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.4%)
+14%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
800 m away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
800 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
22 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
400 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
600 m away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
600 m away - New homes
35 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
500 m away - New homes
24 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
600 m away - New homes
26 new homes completedhouses · Aug 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.1 km away
6homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 31 m²
16since energy certificates began (2008)
7in NR7 9HQ itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2024
- Extendedcertificate 2023
- Extendedcertificate 2022
- Extendedcertificate 2019
- Extendedcertificate 2018
- Extendedcertificate 2017
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
26 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (19 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Tesco Stores - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
Nov 2025
1.5 km away - Battery storage
Burtt Way, Great Plumstead - Solar Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Dec 2023
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
D And F Mccarthy Limited, Memorial Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Mar 2024
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
John Menzies Distribution, Memorial Way - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
W M Morrisons Supermarkets Plc, Albion Way - Solar Generating SystemApproved, not yet built · 860 kW
Feb 2024
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Wendover Road, Rackheath - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
Dec 2021
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
John Lewis, All Saints Green - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Mar 2025
4.1 km away - Biomass
John Youngs Limited, City Road - Biomass BoilerApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2023
4.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Chantry Place, St Stephens Street - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
May 2023
4.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Fluke Calibration, Hurricane Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 480 kW
Dec 2024
4.4 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
4 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
- Major, planned
South Hill Road, Thorpe St AndrewHighway repair and maintenance works · NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Major
South Hill Road, Thorpe St AndrewHighway repair and maintenance works · NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Minor
Salhouse Road, SprowstonUtility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Minor
Blithewood Gardens, SprowstonUtility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 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 Jun 2015
1.3 km away - Decideddecided Jun 2022
9.4 km away - Recommendation
Norwich to TilburyElectric Lines · Reinforcement of the electricity transmission network between Norwich and Tilbury Substations application due August 2025
9.6 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2022
9.7 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2024
10.5 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2022
16.7 km away - Examination
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Land East of White Horse Lane (solar farm, 5.4 km); Briar Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.8 km); Salhouse Solar Farm (solar farm, 5.9 km); Avenue Farm (solar farm, 8.6 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.