Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Wokingham › Neighbourhood Spencers Wood & Swallowfield › Postcode RG7 1NS What's changing near RG7 1NS Within 2 km, around Spencers Wood & Swallowfield in Wokingham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
69 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
49 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.1% like-for-like prices in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
-5% 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 6 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Dec 2024 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New homes 16 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 Planning permission Apr 2021 Planning permission Apr 2021 New school Sept 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
1 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 85 m²
2 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in RG7 1NS 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 37 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (25 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Relief Road - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Feb 2022 Rooftop solar Reading International Business Park, Relief Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
May 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 Solar farm Mereoak Park And Ride, Mereoak Lane - Solar Canopies Approved, not yet built
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Voco Reading Hotel, Shooters Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Arena Business Park, Acre Road- Photovoltaics Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Starline Holdings Technology, Island Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Mar 2024 Energy from waste Reading Quarry Approved, not yet built · 40 MW
Sept 2022 Solar farm Spencers Wood Solar Farm, Basingstoke Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
Mar 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned Swallowfield Bypass, Swallowfield Highway improvement works · WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Jun 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Basingstoke Road, Three Mile Cross Utility repair and maintenance works · EE Ltd · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Basingstoke Road, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · EE Ltd · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Basingstoke Road, Reading Diversionary works · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Kingsley Close, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Kingsley Close, Reading Utility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Tidman Road, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Tidman Road, Reading Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
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 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, 950 m); Pingewood Road South (solar farm, 2.7 km); Sheepbridge Court Farm (solar farm, 2.8 km); Pierces Farm (solar farm, 3.4 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.