Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Reading › Neighbourhood Kennet Island & Green Park › Postcode RG2 6DL What's changing near RG2 6DL Within 2 km, around Kennet Island & Green Park in Reading. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
79 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
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first 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 Planning permission Apr 2021 Planning permission Apr 2021 New school 0 homes extended 2021–2025
0 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RG2 6DL 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 35 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 Voco Reading Hotel, Shooters Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Mar 2024 Energy from waste Reading Quarry Approved, not yet built · 40 MW
Sept 2022 Rooftop solar Arena Business Park, Acre Road- Photovoltaics Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2023 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 Rooftop solar Big Yellow Self Storage Building, Rose Kiln Lane - Solar PV Panels Planning application in · 170 kW
Jul 2024 Solar farm Motorway Service Area, Burghfield - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Sept 2025 Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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 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, 1.3 km); Pingewood Road South (solar farm, 1.6 km); Pierces Farm (solar farm, 3.4 km); Sheepbridge Court Farm (solar farm, 5.0 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.