Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Bracknell Forest › Neighbourhood Great Hollands › Postcode RG12 8UG What's changing near RG12 8UG Within 2 km, around Great Hollands in Bracknell Forest. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
109 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
27 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.1% like-for-like prices in Great Hollands, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
-8% 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 houses · Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 50 new homes completed 17 flats, 33 houses · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025 New homes 21 new homes completed 6 flats, 15 houses · Oct 2024
Nov 2024 School closed School closed: College Hall Pupil referral unit, pupil referral unit (closure)
Aug 2024 New school New school: Odyssey House School - Wokingham Other independent special school, other independent special school
Sept 2023 Planning permission Aug 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
12 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RG12 8UG 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
160 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
16 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 21 planned, approved or being built and 0 running. Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm John Nike Way, Binfield - Solar Panels Planning application in · 770 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Royal Berkshire - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Broadmoor Hospital, Lower Broadmoor Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar The Paddock Centre, Joshua Jebb Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Rectory Road - Roof Mounted Solar panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2021 Rooftop solar Edgbarrow School, Grant Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Heatherwood Hospital, Brook Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 280 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Heatherwood Hospital, Brook Avenue - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Ascot Racecourse, High Street - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2026 Solar farm Billingbear Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 22 MW
Jul 2024 Hydrogen Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Crowthorne Road, Bracknell Highway repair and maintenance works · BRACKNELL FOREST COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Apr 2027 to May 2027 Minor Doncastle Road, Bracknell Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTH EAST WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 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 Sept 2016 Decided decided Nov 2023 Pre-application Heathrow West Airports · Heathrow Airport and land to the north-west and west of Heathrow Airport application due November 2027 Pre-application application due December 2027 Pre-application SDC M40 Campus Generating Stations · The site of the project is located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is approximately 2km to the west of Gerrards Cross, approximately 2.5km east of Beaconsfield and approximately 1.5km north of Hedgerley. The site comprises land immediately to the south of the A40 Oxford Road and immediately to the north of the M40 motorway. It has a history of landfill activities and is currently operated by Veolia for the landfilling of inert building waste (albeit the site no longer accepts any forms of waste). application due January 2027 Decided Transport schemes within 20 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.