Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Mole Valley › Neighbourhood Dorking South › Postcode RH4 2EB What's changing near RH4 2EB Within 2 km, around Dorking South in Mole Valley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
59 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
24 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.5% like-for-like prices in Dorking South, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.8%)
-7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 29 new homes completed 13 flats, 16 houses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 Planning permission Oct 2021 Planning permission Sept 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 15 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
17 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
33 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RH4 2EB 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
308 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
26 spill events counted
Thames Water Dorking Stw (Storm) into River Mole 23 spills, 296 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Thames Water Spooks Hill into Tanners Brook (Bents Brook) 3 spills, 12 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Thames Water Bentsbrook Road Sws into Tanners Brook (Bents Brook) 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.8 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 9 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (7 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Bucher Municipal, Curtis Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Surrey Hills Business Park, Sheephouse Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023 Hydro Betchworth Weir Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2019 Solar farm Little Flanchford Farm, Flanchford Road - Solar Energy Planning application in · 20 MW
Nov 2024 Battery storage Barnett Wood Lane - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 98 MW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Woodhatch Place, Cockshot Hill - Micro Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024 Solar farm Cobham Road, Bookham - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2026 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 Running nearest: Dorking Battery Energy Storage System (battery storage, 1.7 km); Cobham Motorway Service Area - Solar Photovoltaics (rooftop solar, 9.9 km); Capel Landfill (landfill gas, 10.0 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.
Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major Parkway, Dorking Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard High Street, Dorking New service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Immediate - emergency South Street, Dorking Utility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Lane closure
Sept 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 2025 Decided decided May 2022 Pre-application application due March 2027 Pre-application application due December 2027 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.