Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Reading › Neighbourhood Kennet Island & Green Park › Postcode RG2 0GR What's changing near RG2 0GR Within 2 km, around Kennet Island & Green Park in Reading. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
96 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
49 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.7% like-for-like prices in Kennet Island & Green Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.2%)
-19% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed flats · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New school Sept 2024 Planning permission Apr 2021 9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
9 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RG2 0GR 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
169 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
14 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 32 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (25 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Starline Holdings Technology, Island Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Arena Business Park, Acre Road- Photovoltaics Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Voco Reading Hotel, Shooters Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Big Yellow Self Storage Building, Rose Kiln Lane - Solar PV Panels Planning application in · 170 kW
Jul 2024 Rooftop solar Reading International Business Park - Roof Mounted Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Dec 2021 Solar farm Reading International Business Park - Car Port & Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar Reading International Business Park, Relief Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Relief Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Feb 2022 Solar farm Mereoak Park And Ride, Mereoak Lane - Solar Canopies Approved, not yet built
Nov 2025 Energy from waste Reading Quarry Approved, not yet built · 40 MW
Sept 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major Manor Farm Road, Reading Disconnection or alteration of supply · THAMES WATER · Multi-way signals
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Basingstoke Road, Reading Disconnection or alteration of supply · THAMES WATER · Multi-way signals
Jan 2027 to Aug 2027 Major, planned Basingstoke Road, Reading Utility asset works · BT · Multi-way signals
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Basingstoke Road, Reading Utility asset works · BT · Multi-way signals
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Long Barn Lane, Reading Disconnection or alteration of supply · THAMES WATER · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Long Barn Lane, Reading Disconnection or alteration of supply · THAMES WATER · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Basingstoke Road, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Landrake Crescent, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 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 Decided decided Oct 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 Running nearest: Green Park (wind farm, 1.5 km); Pingewood Road South (solar farm, 3.0 km); Pierces Farm (solar farm, 4.6 km); Sheepbridge Court Farm (solar farm, 4.8 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.