Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Reigate and Banstead › Neighbourhood Earlswood & Whitebushes › Postcode RH1 5AU What's changing near RH1 5AU Within 2 km, around Earlswood & Whitebushes in Reigate and Banstead. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
48 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.3% like-for-like prices in Earlswood & Whitebushes, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.1%)
+11% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed flats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 School closed School closed: Cornfield School Other independent special school, other independent special school (closure)
Aug 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
32 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in RH1 5AU 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
535 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
58 spill events counted
Thames Water Reigate (Earlswood) Wwtw into Earlswood Brook 48 spills, 503 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Thames Water Salfords Sewage Pumping Station into Salfords Stream 7 spills, 30 hours in 2025
800 m away Thames Water Earlswood Common, S Of Pendleton Ro into Redhill Brook 3 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.7 km away 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 19 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (5 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar East Surrey Hospital, Canada Avenue -Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Nov 2025 Battery storage Woodhatch Place, Cockshot Hill - Micro Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024 Solar farm Duxhurst Farm, Duxhurst Lane - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Dec 2023 Battery storage Duxhurst Farm, Duxhurst Lane - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Dec 2023 Battery storage South Terminal Car Park Forecourt - Electric Vehicle Charging Forecourt Being built
Sept 2022 Rooftop solar Tesco Extra, Reigate Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 380 kW
Mar 2026 Solar farm Little Flanchford Farm, Flanchford Road - Solar Energy Planning application in · 20 MW
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar The Royal Alexandra And Albert School, Gatton Park - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 340 kW
May 2023 Battery storage Merstham Community Hub, Merstham - Energy Storage Facility Planning application in · 200 kW
Jul 2024 Solar farm Gatwick House, Pound Hill - Solar Panels Planning application in · 160 kW
Jul 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Three Arch Road, Redhill Highway repair and maintenance works · SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Three Arch Road, Redhill Highway repair and maintenance works · SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL · Lane closure
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 2025 Decided decided May 2022 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 None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Redhill 2 (landfill gas, 2.9 km); Patteson Court Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.7 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.