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On Panfield Lane, in Bocking
What it's like at CM7 2TJ: every home that has sold on Panfield Lane since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Panfield Lane; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
6 of the 146 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 25, Panfield LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2020 | £310,000 | 77 m² | £4,026/m² | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27, Panfield LaneSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £440,000 | 95 m² | £4,632/m² | 3 |
| 39, Panfield LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £285,000 | 90 m² | £3,167/m² | 1 |
| 41, Panfield LaneSemi-detached | Aug 2021 | £280,000 | 102 m² | £2,745/m² | 3 |
| 45, Panfield LaneSemi-detached | Jan 2025 | £325,000 | 84 m² | £3,869/m² | 5 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Braintree, about a 10-minute walk (1.0 km), with 631k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Liverpool Street.
The nearest bus stop is Tabor High School, 50 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (routes 38A, 38); 18 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 42 minutes away by public transport (23 by car).
Central London is 63 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree, a few minutes' walk (150 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is Tabor Academy, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 6.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
It's a family area: 20% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Morrisons Daily, 150 m away; Bargains And More Stores (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Blandford Medical Centre (500 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Mack's Barber Shop is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Colchester General Hospital, 24 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 59% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 9 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
POP Essex is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and Braintree Cricket Club the nearest pub (350 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 90 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 42 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 21% flats and 10% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 129 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Braintree & Bocking Public Gardens, 500 m away; for exercise, Ab Salute Gym (850 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.1 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Stansted is 21 km away.
Most households own their home, 12% rent privately.
53 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Braintree constituency: Sir James Cleverly MP (Conservative), since May 2015. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,670 (7.5%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 36%, Labour 28%, Reform UK 23%, Liberal Democrat 6%.
33 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near CM7 2TJ →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
On this street: 1 of 112 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 3.8% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.0% | 78.1% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 9.8% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.2% | 9.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.6% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
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Nearest: Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary · about 42 min
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 146 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.