What's changing near RM8 2HF
Within 2 km, around Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside in Barking and Dagenham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
579new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
50homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.8%like-for-like prices in Mayesbrook Park & Rippleside, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
-7%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
90 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
33 new homes completedflats · Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
52 new homes completedflats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
55 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
23 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.4 km away - New schoolJan 2026
1.8 km away - New homes
37 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.1 km away - New homes
32 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.7 km away - New schoolSept 2025
1.3 km away
Planning applications within 500 m
26applications in the last 12 months
10approved · 3 refused
11still being decided
0net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
265, SHEPPEY ROAD, RM9 4JUChange of use of the dwelling (Use Class C3) to a children's care home for up to 2 child residents aged 7- 17 years (Use Class C2) with care provided by 2 carers working on a shift rotation basis and construction of a single storey rear extension with associated cycle and refuse storageBarking & Dagenham 26/01179/FULL · All Other
Sept 2026
400 m away - Refused
121, BROMHALL ROAD, RM9 4PJConstruction of a first floor rear extensionBarking & Dagenham 26/01034/HSE · Householder
Jul 2026
350 m away - Application Under Consideration
24, LAMBLEY ROAD, RM9 4PUPrior notification application for the construction of a single storey rear extension. The proposed extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 6.00 metres. The maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.15 metres. The height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 3.00 metres.Barking & Dagenham 26/00998/PRIEXT · Householder
Jul 2026
250 m away - Application Under Consideration
271, WOODWARD ROAD, RM9 4TDPrior notification application for the construction of a single storey rear extension. The proposed extension will extend beyond the rear wall by 6.00 metres. The maximum height of the proposed extension from the natural ground level is 3.00 metres. The height at eaves level of the proposed extension measured from the natural ground level is 3.00 metres.Barking & Dagenham 26/00761/PRIEXT · Householder
Jun 2026
450 m away - Approved
98, BROMHALL ROAD, RM9 4PHDemolition of existing shed and conservatory and the construction of a single storey rear and side extension Barking & Dagenham 26/00674/HSE · Householder
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
32since energy certificates began (2008)
1in RM8 2HF 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
2storm overflows within 2 km
70hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
32spill events counted
- Thames Water
Longbridge Roadinto Mayes Brook28 spills, 65 hours in 2025
1.1 km away - Thames Water
Longbridge Roadinto Mayes Brook4 spills, 5 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
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
67 planned, approved or being built and 23 running (164 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Dagenham Motors, Ripple Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jun 2023
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Manor Joinery Estate, Eastern Approach Alfreds Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Feb 2023
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Goresbrook School, Cook Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
May 2026
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Nic Ice, Thames Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Dec 2024
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Pooles Lane - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2025
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Circular 13, Unit B, Gascoigne Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 980 kW
Jun 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
New England Industrial Estate DevelopmentBeing built · 220 kW
Apr 2023
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
JJ Food Service, Orion Park Messina Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Nov 2023
2.7 km away - Energy from waste
Thames Gateway EfWApproved, not yet built · 19 MW
Nov 2014
2.7 km away - Battery storage
Atcost Road - Battery Storage FacilityPlanning application in · 100 MW
May 2024
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
8 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
- Major, planned
Upney Lane, BarkingHighway improvement works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Jan 2027
850 m away - Major
Upney Lane, BarkingHighway improvement works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Jan 2027
850 m away - Standard
Sheppey Road, DagenhamHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
550 m away - Standard
Rugby Road, DagenhamHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 m away - Minor
Porters Avenue, DagenhamUtility asset works · VIRGIN MEDIA · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
100 m away - Minor
Rugby Road, DagenhamUtility repair and maintenance works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
150 m away - Minor
Westrow Drive, BarkingUtility repair and maintenance works · ESSEX AND SUFFOLK WATER · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
750 m away - Minor
Meadow Road, BarkingUtility repair and maintenance works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 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
- Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
4.9 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
5.2 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
8.3 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
9.9 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
12.6 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
13.0 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Barking Riverside Overground stationNew station and Overground extension, opened July 2022
Jul 2022
2.5 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
18.1 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Battersea Power StationNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
19.0 km away
Running nearest: Dagenham Docks Biogas (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 2.6 km); East Dagenham Docks AD (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 2.9 km); Beckton Sewage Treatment Works (wind farm, 2.9 km); Beckton STW Enhanced Sludge Digestion (other, 2.9 km); Beckton STW Biodiesel Power Plant (biomass, 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.