What's changing near RM9 5LL
Within 2 km, around Becontree East in Barking and Dagenham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
290new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.3%like-for-like prices in Becontree East, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.4%)
-9%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New schoolJan 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
91 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.9 km away - New homes
63 new homes completedflats · May 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025
1.4 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.5 km away - New schoolSept 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.7 km away - School closed
School closed: Alamiyah SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025
1.1 km away - New homes
49 new homes completed36 flats, 13 houses · Mar 2025
Mar 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
36 new homes completedflats · Jan 2025
Jan 2025
300 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Oct 2024
Oct 2024
1.3 km away - School closed
School closed: Al-Noor Primary SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Planning applications within 500 m
37applications in the last 12 months
8approved · 11 refused
18still being decided
9net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
3, RAYDONS GARDENS, RM9 5JSConstruction of an access ramp to the front elevationBarking & Dagenham 26/01332/HSE · Householder
Sept 2026
350 m away - Application Under Consideration
54, WINDSOR ROAD, RM8 3LAReplacement of double glazed aluminium casement windows for double glazed uPVC casement windows as well as external redecorations .Barking & Dagenham 26/01293/HSE · Householder
Sept 2026
300 m away - Application Under Consideration
12, AGNES GARDENS, RM8 3BSApplication for a lawful development certificate (proposed) for the construction of a single storey outbuildingBarking & Dagenham 26/01218/CLUP · Householder
Sept 2026
300 m away - Application Under Consideration
10, RAYDONS GARDENS, RM9 5JSApplication for a lawful development certificate (existing) for the use of the dwelling by up to 3 people living together as a single household and receiving care (Use Class C3(b)Barking & Dagenham 26/01137/CLUE · Householder
Aug 2026
350 m away - Refused
62, KEPPEL ROAD, RM9 5LXDemolition of existing detached garage and the construction of a single storey side extension and a front porch including relocation of the side entrance door to the frontBarking & Dagenham 26/01015/HSE · Householder
Jul 2026
250 m away - Application Under Consideration
46, VALENCE WOOD ROAD, RM8 3ASPrior 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.
34homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 27 m²
60since energy certificates began (2008)
2in RM9 5LL itself
- Extendedcertificate 2024
- Extendedcertificate 2021
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
1.5 km away - Thames Water
Longbridge Roadinto Mayes Brook4 spills, 5 hours in 2025
1.5 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
60 planned, approved or being built and 21 running (162 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Hunters Hall Primary School, Alibon Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jul 2024
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Goresbrook School, Cook Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 370 kW
May 2026
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Pooles Lane - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 350 kW
Aug 2025
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
JJ Food Service, Orion Park Messina Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 570 kW
Nov 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Barking And Dagenham College, Dagenham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
May 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Barking & Dagenham College Of Technology, Dagenham Road - SolarApproved, not yet built
Apr 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Dagenham Motors, Ripple Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jun 2023
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Manor Joinery Estate, Eastern Approach Alfreds Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Feb 2023
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Thames Gateway Park, Choats Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 470 kW
Jun 2023
3.1 km away - Energy from waste
Thames Gateway EfWApproved, not yet built · 19 MW
Nov 2014
3.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Farmway, DagenhamHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Standard
Marston Avenue, DagenhamHighway repair and maintenance works · LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
1000 m away - Minor
Marston Avenue, DagenhamUtility 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
- Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
5.3 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
5.5 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
10.3 km away - Decideddecided May 2022
10.7 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
11.9 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
14.0 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Barking Riverside Overground stationNew station and Overground extension, opened July 2022
Jul 2022
3.9 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
20.0 km away
Approved36, OXLOW LANE, RM9 5XJConversion of the garage into a habitable room including replacement of the garage door with a door and a window, and alterations to the front, rear and side elevations to facilitate the division of the dwelling to create 2no dwellings (1no 3x bed, 4 person and 1no 2x bed, 3 person) with associated external amenity area, parking and cycle and refuse storageBarking & Dagenham 26/00724/FULL · All Other · 2 homes proposed
Jun 2026
500 m away Running nearest: Ford Motor Company Ltd (Extension) (wind farm, 2.7 km); Dagenham Docks Biogas (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 3.1 km); East Dagenham Docks AD (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 3.4 km); Ford Wind Park - Dagenham (wind farm, 3.8 km); Beckton STW Biodiesel Power Plant (biomass, 4.8 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.