What's changing near TN23 5DB
Within 2 km, around Beaver & Singleton in Ashford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
241new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.9%like-for-like prices in Beaver & Singleton, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.8%)
+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 homes
54 new homes completed35 flats, 19 houses · Jun 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedflats · Nov 2024 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
42 new homes completedflats · Aug 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – May 2025
May 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – May 2025
May 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
68 new homes completedflats · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.5 km away - New schoolMar 2025
1.9 km away - New homes
33 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024
1.6 km away - New school
New school: The T3 SchoolOther independent special school, other independent special school
Sept 2022
2.0 km away - School closed
School closed: Goldwyn Sixth Form CollegeSpecial post 16 institution, special post 16 institution (closure)
Aug 2020
1.4 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
12homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
22since energy certificates began (2008)
0in TN23 5DB 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
6storm overflows within 2 km
206hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
61spill events counted
- Southern Water
Kingsnorth Road, Ashford Csointo Tributary Of East Stour23 spills, 84 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Southern Water
Wotton Road Csointo Trib Of The East Stour18 spills, 65 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Southern Water
South Ashford P.S.into Freshwater River7 spills, 42 hours in 2025
1.9 km away - Southern Water
Christchurch Road Asford Csointo Trib Of The Great Stour13 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Southern Water
Victoria Road Ashford Csointo Trib Of The Great Stour0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 km away - Southern Water
Godinton Road Ashford Csointo Trib Of The Great Stour0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 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
25 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (26 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Stanhope Road, Kingsnorth - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025
650 m away - Battery storage
Stanhope Road, Kingsnorth - Micro Energy Storage FacilityPlanning application in · 200 kW
Oct 2024
650 m away - Battery storage
Ashford Road, Kingsnorth - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Consort Frozen Foods Limited, Wotton Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2023
1.2 km away - Battery storage
Cobbs Wood Industrial Estate, Chart Road - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2026
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Tesco Moatfield MeadowApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Feb 2019
1.7 km away - Battery storage
Hornbeam Close - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026
1.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Newtown Road - Solar Panels & Air Source Heat PumpsApproved, not yet built · 170 kW
Mar 2023
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
John Lewis At Home, Fougeres Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Sept 2023
2.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Warren Retail Park, J Sainsbury - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 790 kW
Oct 20252.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Dec 2017
4.5 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2025
7.1 km away - Pre-application
Shepway Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Located on land north of Newchurch and 6km south of Ashford in Kent. application due November 2027
11.1 km away - 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
16.7 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
19.9 km away - Decided
Cleve Hill Solar ParkGenerating Stations · Land approximately 2 km northeast of Faversham and 5 km west of Whitstable on the North Kent Coast. decided May 2020
23.1 km away
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Station Road - Solar Array (rooftop solar, 2.2 km); William Harvey Hospital (solar farm, 4.6 km); Oaklands Farm (solar farm, 4.7 km); Former Pluckley Landfill Site (landfill gas, 8.1 km); Kenardington Place Farm (solar farm, 8.7 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.