Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Reading › Neighbourhood Battle & Caversham Bridge › Postcode RG30 1BY What's changing near RG30 1BY Within 2 km, around Battle & Caversham Bridge in Reading. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
449 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
2,498 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-1.1% like-for-like prices in Battle & Caversham Bridge, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.2%)
0% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 54 new homes completed flats · Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed flats · Jan 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed flats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 19 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Jan 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 31 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 91 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 40 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 29 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
54 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RG30 1BY 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 31 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (25 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Portman Road Tesco (Reading West) Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2020 Rooftop solar The Globe, Portman Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 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 Thames Valley University, Kings Road - Solar Panels Planning application in
Jan 2026 Solar farm St Lukes Residential Care Home, Marshland Square - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Starline Holdings Technology, Island Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Suttons Park Avenue, Suttons Business Park - Solar PV Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Thames Valley Park Drive, Earley - Photovoltaic Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
May 2022 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 Road and street works within 1 km 11 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Cow Lane, Reading Works for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major Reservoir Crescent, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Prince Of Wales Avenue, Reading Utility asset works · SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SSEPD) · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Cranbury Road, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Ormsby Street, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Belmont Road, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Mason Street, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Western Elms Avenue, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Prospect Street, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2016 Decided decided Nov 2023 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, 4.5 km); Pingewood Road South (solar farm, 4.8 km); Pierces Farm (solar farm, 6.8 km); Sheepbridge Court Farm (solar farm, 8.0 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.