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
4storm overflows within 2 km
1,524hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
154spill events counted
Southern Water
Hawkhurst North Wwtwinto Hexden Channel76 spills, 1,130 hours in 2025
900 m away
Southern Water
Hawkhurst South Wwtwinto The Hawkhurst South Stream41 spills, 259 hours in 2025
1.0 km away
Southern Water
Cockshot Farm Cso, Hawkhurst, Kentinto The Hawkhurst South Stream23 spills, 96 hours in 2025
750 m away
Southern Water
Castle Terrace Cso (Hawkhurst)into Tributary Of Hexden Channel14 spills, 40 hours in 2025
4 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (40 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage
Glassenbury - Battery Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Apr 2025 5.1 km away
Solar farm
Dale Hill Hotel & Golf Club, Dale Hill - Ground Mounted Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 270 kW
Sept 2025 6.8 km away
Solar farm
Darvell Bruderhof Community, Brightling Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 500 kW
Nov 2022 7.8 km away
Solar farm
Park Pale House, Mountfield Lane - Solar Panel ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2024 9.7 km away
Running nearest: Huggin's Hall (battery storage, 5.4 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major
Ockley Road, CranbrookNew service connection · SOUTH EAST WATER · Road closure
Aug 2026 to Oct 2026 650 m away
Standard
Highgate Hill, CranbrookRemedial works · KENT COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 800 m away
Minor
Fieldways, CranbrookNew service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS SOUTH EASTERN · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 500 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
Pre-application
South Kent Energy ParkGenerating Stations · The site is in the administrative areas of Kent County Council and Folkstone and Hythe District Council, on farmland on Romney Marsh around the village of Old Romney. Approximately half the site is to the north of the A259 and the remaining half to the south of it.
application due August 2027 27.1 km away
Pre-application
South Brooks Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Near the Dungeness power station in Kent, to the south of the village of Old Romney and to the east of New Romney.
application due March 2027 27.7 km away
Pre-application
Shepway Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Located on land north of Newchurch and 6km south of Ashford in Kent.
Stonestreet Green SolarGenerating Stations · Land at Aldington, southeast of Ashford in Kent
decided Oct 2025 29.8 km away
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.
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Hawkhurst, Benenden & Sandhurst: +22% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 60 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -0.9% in two years.