What's changing near RM7 8RE
Within 2 km, around Romford North in Havering. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
450new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.6%like-for-like prices in Romford North, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.4%)
-19%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
12 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
31 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
56 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
35 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.3 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · May 2026
May 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
85 new homes completedflats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
54 new homes completedflats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
900 m away - New homes
19 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
71 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
6 new homes completed
Planning applications within 500 m
44applications in the last 12 months
16approved · 6 refused
7still being decided
4net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
26 Oaks Avenue, Romford, RM5 3BSCertificate of Lawfulness for hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormerHavering D0346.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
300 m away - Application Under Consideration
124 Collier Row Lane, Romford, RM5 3DTCertificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of roof space to habitable use to include a rear dormer and front roof lightsHavering D0319.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
250 m away - Application Under Consideration
288A Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 8DLThe application seeks to confirm as lawful the existing use of Flat 288A, 288 Mawney Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 8DL (the Application Site) as an independent residential dwelling.Havering E0032.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
400 m away - Application Under Consideration
288 Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 8DLThe application seeks to confirm as lawful the existing use of Flat 288, 288 Mawney Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 8DL (the Application Site) as an independent residential dwelling.Havering E0034.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
400 m away - Application Under Consideration
288C Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 8DLThe application seeks to confirm as lawful the existing use of Flat 288C, 288 Mawney Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 8DL (the Application Site) as an independent residential dwelling.Havering E0031.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
400 m away - Application Under Consideration
288B Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 8DLThe application seeks to confirm as lawful the existing use of Flat 288B, 288 Mawney Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 8DL (the Application Site) as an independent residential dwelling.Havering E0033.26 · All Other
34homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
54since energy certificates began (2008)
0in RM7 8RE 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 16 running (161 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Liberty Shopping Centre, Western Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 460 kW
Mar 2024
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Barking And Dagenham College, Dagenham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
May 2025
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Barking & Dagenham College Of Technology, Dagenham Road - SolarApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure, Gidea Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 380 kW
Jul 2023
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
King George Hospital, Barley Lane - Solar Photovoltaic PanelsPlanning application in · 770 kW
Jan 2026
3.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Central Park Leisure - PV SystemApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Nov 2024
4.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Hunters Hall Primary School, Alibon Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jul 2024
4.7 km away - Rooftop solar
William Torbitt School, Eastern Avenue - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 170 kW
May 2026
4.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Redbridge Institute Of Adult Education, Gaysham Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Oct 2025
6.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Goresbrook School, Cook Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major
Park Drive, RomfordUtility repair and maintenance works · THAMES WATER · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
850 m away - Standard
Lynton Avenue, RomfordHighway repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Minor
Hainault Road, RomfordUtility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
150 m away - Minor
Seymer Road, RomfordHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Minor
Seymer Road, RomfordHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Minor
Mcintosh Road, RomfordHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 m away - Minor
Marshalls Drive, RomfordHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF HAVERING · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
900 m away - Minor
Pettits Lane North, RomfordUtility 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 May 2022
6.7 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
9.4 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
9.4 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
14.5 km away - Decideddecided Feb 2017
14.7 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
14.9 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
Application Under Consideration288D Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 8DLThe application seeks to confirm as lawful the existing use of Flat 288D, 288 Mawney Road, Romford, Essex, RM7 8DL (the Application Site) as an independent residential dwelling.Havering E0030.26 · All Other
Aug 2026
400 m away Refused159, 159 Collier Row Lane, Romford, RM5 3EDConstruction of a 2 bed, single storey, detached dwelling with off-street parking, private amenity space and cycle storage following demolition of existing garageHavering P0689.26 · All Other · 1 homes proposed
Jun 2026
450 m away Running nearest: Bower Park Academy - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (rooftop solar, 2.1 km); Ford Motor Company Ltd (Extension) (wind farm, 6.8 km); Dagenham Docks Biogas (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.5 km); East Dagenham Docks AD (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 7.8 km); Ford Wind Park - Dagenham (wind farm, 7.9 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.