Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Wokingham › Neighbourhood Finchampstead › Postcode RG40 4HL What's changing near RG40 4HL Within 2 km, around Finchampstead in Wokingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
253 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.4% like-for-like prices in Finchampstead, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
+22% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 31 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 8 flats, 18 houses · Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 45 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 25 new homes completed flats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 21 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 42 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RG40 4HL 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 34 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (7 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Barkham Farms - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 33 MW
Jan 2022 Rooftop solar Rectory Road - Roof Mounted Solar panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2021 Rooftop solar Henry Street Garden Centre, Swallowfield Road, - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Nov 2023 Solar farm Aborfield Solar Park Being built · 14 MW
Jul 2021 Rooftop solar Edgbarrow School, Grant Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar The Paddock Centre, Joshua Jebb Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Eskdale Road, Winnersh - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Sept 2022 Solar farm John Nike Way, Binfield - Solar Panels Planning application in · 770 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Broadmoor Hospital, Lower Broadmoor Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2026 Solar farm Spencers Wood Solar Farm, Basingstoke Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor Booth Drive, Finchampstead Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Nash Grove Lane, Finchampstead Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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 Pre-application Heathrow West Airports · Heathrow Airport and land to the north-west and west of Heathrow Airport application due November 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.