What's changing near RM15 6DS
Within 2 km, around North Ockendon in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
2new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.6%like-for-like prices in North Ockendon, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+5%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
12since energy certificates began (2008)
1in RM15 6DS 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
2hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4spill 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
50 planned, approved or being built and 27 running (508 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV ArraysApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2026
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Intu Lakeside, West Thurrock Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2024
2.8 km away - Battery storage
Pumping Station, West Thurrock Way - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred - Solar AarrayApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Mar 2025
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Store Cygnet ViewApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Apr 2019
3.4 km away - Solar farm
Clay Tye Road - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
Apr 2021
3.8 km away - Solar farm
Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar FarmBeing built · 50 MW
Jul 2021
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Ford Retail, Triton Centre Weston Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 790 kW
Jan 2023
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
DSV Road, Stonehouse Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Nov 2024
4.0 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major, planned
Orchard Road, South OckendonUtility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
150 m away - Major, planned
Footpath Access For Foxglove Road, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Mar 2027
250 m away - Major, planned
Independent Footpath Cruick Avenue To Orchard Road, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Mar 2027
250 m away - Major, planned
Public Footpath Foxgove Road To Broxburn Drive, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027
350 m away - Standard
Avon Green, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
600 m away - Standard
Barle Gardens, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
600 m away - Standard
Afton Drive, South OckendonHighway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
600 m away - Minor
Larkspur Close, South OckendonUtility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 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
- Decideddecided Mar 2025
4.2 km away - Decided
Tilbury2Harbour Facilities · Site of the former Tilbury Power Station, approximately 1 km east of the existing Port of Tilbury decided Feb 2019
8.7 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2022
8.8 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
9.3 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
9.7 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
11.4 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
Aveley Landfill, Sandy Lane - PV Solar Array & Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 16 MW
Running nearest: Medebridge Road - Solar Farm (solar farm, 150 m); Ockendon 'B' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 1.3 km); Little Belhus Restoration Site (wind farm, 1.6 km); Ockendon Area III (landfill gas, 2.2 km); Ockendon Landfill Solar Farm (solar farm, 2.4 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.
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.