What's changing near RM17 6PF
Within 2 km, around Grays Town in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
19new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
15homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.1%like-for-like prices in Grays Town, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+7%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeEnergy 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. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
26since energy certificates began (2008)
0in RM17 6PF 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
41 planned, approved or being built and 25 running (476 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
250 m away - Rooftop solar
Tilbury Green Power Station - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Harris Academy Chafford Hundred, Chafford Hundred - Solar AarrayApproved, not yet built · 220 kW
Mar 2025
2.0 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
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV ArraysApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2026
3.4 km away - Battery storage
Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Ford Retail, Triton Centre Weston Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 790 kW
Jan 2023
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Kimberly Clark Limited, Northfleet Mill - Solar Pv SystemApproved, not yet built · 440 kW
Nov 2023
3.7 km away - Hydrogen
Northfleet Mill, Crete Hall Road - Green Hydrogen ElectrolyserApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
Sept 20253.7 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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
3.8 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
4.9 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2022
5.3 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
11.6 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
12.0 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
15.7 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
Running nearest: Tilbury Docks (wind farm, 2.4 km); Tilbury LCY2 (rooftop solar, 2.5 km); London Distribution Park (battery storage, 2.5 km); Tilbury Green Power (biomass, 2.7 km); Port of Tilbury Green Hydrogen (hydrogen, 3.0 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.
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.