Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Thurrock › Neighbourhood West Thurrock › Postcode RM20 3HR What's changing near RM20 3HR Within 2 km, around West Thurrock in Thurrock. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
10 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
15 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4% like-for-like prices in West Thurrock, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
+6% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Oct 2024
Oct 2024 Planning permission Jan 2021 School closed School closed: National College for the Creative and Cultural Industries Further education, 16 plus (closure)
Jan 2020 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.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
12 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in RM20 3HR 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 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 52 planned, approved or being built and 25 running (476 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ford Retail, Triton Centre Weston Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 790 kW
Jan 2023 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 Rooftop solar Intu Lakeside, West Thurrock Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar DSV Road, Stonehouse Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Nov 2024 Rooftop solar Tesco, Cygnet View - Solar PV Arrays Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Tesco Store Cygnet View Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Apr 2019 Rooftop solar Riverbridge House, Admirals Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Littlebrook DC1, Shield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Pumping Station, Corran Way - Micro Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Pond Road Roundabout, West Thurrock Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Pond Road Roundabout, West Thurrock Highway improvement works · THURROCK COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 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 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 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 decided May 2022 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km Running nearest: Littlebrook Battery Storage (battery storage, 2.6 km); Longreach STW - extension (other, 3.2 km); Sandy Lane Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.0 km); Medebridge Road - Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.1 km); Aveley Landfill Scheme (landfill gas, 4.4 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.