What's changing near RM16 6PL
Within 2 km, around Chafford & North Stifford in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
20new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
0.0%like-for-like prices in Chafford & North Stifford, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+26%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack 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. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
29since energy certificates began (2008)
1in RM16 6PL 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
45 planned, approved or being built and 28 running (518 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Morrisons - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsApproved, not yet built · 430 kW
Apr 2022
1.7 km away - Battery storage
Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred - Solar AarrayApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Mar 2025
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Intu Lakeside, West Thurrock Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV ArraysApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2026
2.7 km away - Battery storage
Pumping Station, West Thurrock Way - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Tilbury Green Power Station - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Ford Retail, Triton Centre Weston Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 790 kW
Jan 2023
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Store Cygnet ViewApproved, not yet built · 600 kW
Apr 2019
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
DSV Road, Stonehouse Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 260 kW
Nov 2024
3.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major, planned
Catalina Avenue, GraysUtility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
150 m away - Standard
Stifford Roundabout, GraysWorks for road purposes · NATIONAL HIGHWAYS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
650 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
2.9 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
6.2 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2022
6.4 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
10.8 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
11.2 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
13.8 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
Running nearest: Ockendon 'B' Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 2.4 km); Medebridge Road - Solar Farm (solar farm, 2.5 km); Ockendon Area III (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Ockendon Landfill Solar Farm (solar farm, 3.7 km); Tilbury LCY2 (rooftop solar, 3.9 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.