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What can I build, and will it pay? The planning rules, what neighbours have built, planning decisions, energy upgrades, and whether extending pays.
| Eye & Thorney | Peterborough | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 12% | 6% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 1% | 10% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 66 | 8 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Flats | 4% | 17% | 22% |
planning.data.gov.uk (OGL), Historic England. The rules at one address are on its postcode's Improving page. General guidance, not planning advice.
No extensions or loft conversions seen within 800 m of the centre in the last 10 years.
Not every extension shows here. We only see building work when a new energy certificate is lodged, which happens when a home is sold, let or newly built. A loft or extension added since then won't appear, even with planning permission and building control sign-off, because those records aren't published as open data outside London. Missing work doesn't mean missing paperwork.
From energy certificates: an extension where a later certificate shows more floor space, a loft conversion where roof rooms appear.
Planning applications outside London aren't published as open data yet, so search the council's own register: the drawings, the decision and the agent are there. Find the council's planning register on GOV.UK ↗
| Eye & Thorney | Peterborough | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 25% | 16% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 15% | 12% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 87% | 91% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 10,646 | 10,427 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 9% | 10% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 13% | 11% | 20% |
A home's own recommended upgrades and their costs are on its energy certificate, shown on its page.
MHCLG energy certificates; DESNZ fuel poverty.
Across England and Wales, homes extended by a typical 30 m² and then resold rose about 11.1% more than similar homes nearby over the same years (124,884 resales); in East of England, 11.6% (14,120 resales).
Rough build costs and resale evidence, not quotes or a valuation. How extensions pay off by size, type and region.
The money you don't get back either way, for the same extra space in Eye & Thorney.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £5,550 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £3,672 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £14,322 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£33,600 |
| Money gone | £23,900 |
On these figures, moving loses about £9,578 less. Moving also changes the area, the schools and the commute; extending means months of building work and depends on planning.
Building costs vary a lot (a single-storey rear extension is often £2,000–£3,000 per m², more in London). How much space adds depends on the home and street: what extensions added to resale prices. A guide, not advice; nothing you type leaves this page.
Where people extend most, and where the planning rules are tighter.
| Central Park | 24.9 | 1% | 54% | 1 | 1% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longthorpe & Netherton | 23.1 | 6% | 0% | 30 | 4% |
| Glinton, Northborough & Maxey | 22.4 | 25% | 0% | 138 | 5% |
| Walton | 21.2 | 4% | 0% | 28 | 7% |
| Millfield & Bourges Boulevard | 20.2 | 2% | 2% | 0 | 1% |
| Barnack, Wittering & Wansford | 18.2 | 23% | 1% | 289 | 18% |
| Eye & Thorney (this one) | 17.0 | 12% | 1% | 66 | 25% |
| West Town & Woodston | 16.8 | 0% | 15% | 13 | 17% |
| Newborough & Peakirk | 16.6 | 3% | 0% | 26 | 9% |
| Dogsthorpe | 15.0 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 6% |
| Peterborough Central | 14.1 | 44% | 11% | 94 | 5% |
| Fengate & Parnwell | 12.5 | 0% | 0% | 3 | 11% |
| Fletton | 11.3 | 3% | 8% | 16 | 22% |
| Orton West & Castor | 11.0 | 21% | 2% | 187 | 11% |
| Hargate & Orton Longueville | 10.4 | 2% | 27% | 22 | 40% |
| Werrington | 10.2 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3% |
| Stanground | 8.5 | 0% | 0% | 1 | 34% |
| Orton Malborne & Goldhay | 8.3 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3% |
| Hampton Vale | 8.3 | 0% | 59% | 0 | 49% |
| Paston | 7.7 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 32% |
| Bretton Park | 7.1 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 5% |
| North Bretton & Westwood | 5.3 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3% |
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 3.5% | 2.5% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 86.8% | 90.3% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.9% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.1% | 6.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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.