Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Thurrock › Neighbourhood South Ockendon › Postcode RM15 5DS What's changing near RM15 5DS Within 2 km, around South Ockendon in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
9 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.1% like-for-like prices in South Ockendon, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+18% 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
17 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
27 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in RM15 5DS itself
Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2014 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
2 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4 spill events counted
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 55 planned, approved or being built and 28 running (484 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV Arrays Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Intu Lakeside, West Thurrock Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Tesco Store Cygnet View Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Apr 2019 Battery storage Pumping Station, West Thurrock Way - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred - Solar Aarray Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Mar 2025 Solar farm Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 16 MW
Jul 2024 Battery storage Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jul 2024 Rooftop solar Ford Retail, Triton Centre Weston Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 790 kW
Jan 2023 Rooftop solar DSV Road, Stonehouse Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Nov 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 10 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned Public Footpath Foxgove Road To Broxburn Drive, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Independent Footpath Cruick Avenue To Orchard Road, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Mar 2027 Major, planned Footpath Access For Foxglove Road, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Mar 2027 Major, planned Orchard Road, South Ockendon Utility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Afton Drive, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Standard Avon Green, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Standard Barle Gardens, South Ockendon Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Garron Lane, South Ockendon Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Garron Lane, South Ockendon Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Mar 2025 Decided decided Nov 2025 Decided Riverside Energy Park Generating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020 Decided Tilbury2 Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019 Decided decided Feb 2022 Decided decided May 2022 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Medebridge Road - Solar Farm (solar farm, 800 m); Little Belhus Restoration Site (wind farm, 1.7 km); Ockendon 'B' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 2.2 km); Sandy Lane Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 2.7 km); Ockendon Area III (landfill gas, 3.2 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.