What's changing near RH4 1TE

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Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  5 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
  Mar 2026
  1.0 km away
• New homes
  29 new homes completed13 flats, 16 houses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2025
  Jul 2025
  1.4 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 18 homesClear's Yard, Vincent Walk, Dorking RH4 2HA (full planning permission)
  Oct 2021
  1.4 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 6 homesUnits 1-3, Hart Gardens, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 1JT (full planning permission)
  Sept 2021
  850 m away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Fairfield Drive: 5 homes extended since 2021
• Lincoln Road: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Calvert Gardens: 1 home extended since 2021
• Calvert Crescent: 1 home extended since 2021
• Pixham Lane: 1 home extended since 2021
• Ashurst Place: 1 home extended since 2021
• Keppel Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Mowbray Gardens: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  1, Lincoln Road97 m² → 143 m² (+46 m²)
  certificate 2022

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

• Thames Water
  Dorking Stw (Storm)into River Mole23 spills, 296 hours in 2025
  700 m away
• Thames Water
  Castle Gardens Spsinto Mole7 spills, 48 hours in 2025
  2.0 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

8 planned, approved or being built and 2 running (6 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Rooftop solar
  Bucher Municipal, Curtis Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Feb 2023
  1.5 km away
• Hydro
  Betchworth WeirApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Jul 2019
  4.1 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Surrey Hills Business Park, Sheephouse Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Sept 2023
  5.0 km away
• Solar farm
  Little Flanchford Farm, Flanchford Road - Solar EnergyPlanning application in · 20 MW
  Nov 2024
  6.5 km away
• Battery storage
  Barnett Wood Lane - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 98 MW
  Sept 2025
  7.7 km away
• Solar farm
  Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  May 2026
  8.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Woodhatch Place, Cockshot Hill - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Oct 2024
  8.8 km away
• Battery storage
  Rushett Lane - Battery Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
  Apr 2025
  9.7 km away

Running nearest: Dorking Battery Energy Storage System (battery storage, 2.4 km); Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics (rooftop solar, 9.1 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.

Road and street works within 1 km

2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.

• Major
  Parkway, DorkingUtility asset works · BT · Road closure
  Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
  850 m away
• Standard
  High Street, DorkingNew service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  700 m away

DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• Decided
  M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvementHighways · M25 Junction 10, near Wisley, Surrey and A3 between Cobham/Byfleet and Ripley/Ockham.
  decided May 2022
  12.7 km away
• Decided
  Gatwick Airport Northern RunwayAirports · Gatwick Airport
  decided Sept 2025
  13.7 km away
• Pre-application
  Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA)Dams and Reservoirs · From Mogden Sewage Treatment Works to the River Thames upstream of Teddington Weir
  application due March 2027
  24.7 km away
• Pre-application
  Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway)Airports · To the north-west of the existing Heathrow Airport
  application due December 2027
  27.3 km away
• Pre-application
  Heathrow WestAirports · Heathrow Airport and land to the north-west and west of Heathrow Airport
  application due November 2027
  29.4 km away

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.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Dorking North & Westhumble: +16% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -2.7% in two years.
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