Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Thurrock › Neighbourhood Orsett, Bulphan & Hordon-on-the-Hill › Postcode RM16 3EX What's changing near RM16 3EX Within 2 km, around Orsett, Bulphan & Hordon-on-the-Hill in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
11 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 Orsett, Bulphan & Hordon-on-the-Hill, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
-1% 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. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in RM16 3EX 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 30 planned, approved or being built and 25 running (579 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage Being built · 50 MW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Bulphan Fen Solar Farm & Battery Storage Being built
Mar 2025 Solar farm Clay Tye Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 50 MW
Apr 2021 Solar farm Fen Lane, Bulphan Solar Farm Being built · 50 MW
Jul 2021 Rooftop solar Morrisons - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Tilbury Green Power Station - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2025 Battery storage Lime Kilns Energy Centre - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 6 MW
Dec 2024 Battery storage Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred - Solar Aarray Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Lower Dunton Road - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 368 MW
Oct 2024 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned High Road, Orsett Works for road purposes · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Orsett Cock Roundabout To A1089 Westbound, Orsett Works for road purposes · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · Lane closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor The Green, Orsett Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Parkway, Orsett Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor The Green, Orsett Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Paddock Close, Orsett Highway repair and maintenance works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Stop/go boards
Oct 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 Mar 2025 Decided decided Feb 2022 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 May 2022 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 Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Ockendon Landfill Solar Farm (solar farm, 3.8 km); Ockendon Area III (landfill gas, 3.8 km); Ockendon 'B' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 3.9 km); Mucking Gas 3 Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.3 km); Mucking Gas 2 Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.3 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.