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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.
| Bletchley North West | Milton Keynes | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 0% | 5% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 100% | 100% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 11% | 3% |
| Flats | 17% | 18% | 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.
| Home | Work | Seen | Space added | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 136, Westminster Drive | Extension | 2026 | +63 m² | 7 → 7 |
| 22, Nottingham Grove | Extension | 2026 | +19 m² | 5 → 4 |
| 35, Trafalgar Avenue | Extension | 2026 | +23 m² | 6 → 7 |
| 28, Home Close | Extension | 2026 | +8 m² | 4 → 5 |
| 41, Forfar Drive | Extension | 2025 | +12 m² | 7 → 7 |
| 36, Angus Drive | Extension | 2025 | +11 m² | 6 → 5 |
| 419, Whaddon Way | Extension | 2025 | +15 m² | – |
| 19, Bute Brae | Extension | 2025 | +12 m² | 5 → 6 |
| 20, Nairn Court | Extension | 2025 | +17 m² | 5 → 4 |
| 38, Kincardine Drive | Extension | 2025 | +30 m² | 5 → 4 |
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 ↗
| Bletchley North West | Milton Keynes | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 2% | 20% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 7% | 6% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 97% | 91% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 11,168 | 11,089 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 7% | 6% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 0% | 6% | 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 South East, 13.4% (24,181 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 Bletchley North West.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £9,900 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £4,608 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £19,608 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£46,800 |
| Money gone | £10,700 |
On these figures, extending loses about £8,908 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.
| 14, Wiltshire Way |
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| Extension |
| 2025 |
| +31 m² |
| – |
| 75, Whalley Drive | Extension | 2025 | +38 m² | 5 → 3 |
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| 41, Bushy Close | Extension | 2025 | +15 m² | – |
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| 1, Kinross Drive | Extension | 2025 | +90 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 26, Spenlows Road | Extension | 2025 | +9 m² | 6 → 6 |
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| 153, Shenley Road | Extension | 2025 | +31 m² | 4 → 4 |
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| 32, Ultra Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +51 m² | 7 → 8 |
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| 48, Surrey Place | Extension | 2024 | +29 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 80, Middlesex Drive | Extension | 2024 | +15 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 10, Peebles Place | Extension | 2024 | +10 m² | 4 → 6 |
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| 5, Highland Close | Extension | 2024 | +64 m² | 7 → 9 |
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| 74, Bushy Close | Extension | 2024 | +19 m² | – |
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| 56, Colossus Way | Extension | 2024 | +17 m² | – |
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| 17, Sutherland Grove | Extension | 2023 | +11 m² | 5 → 5 |
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| 231, Whalley Drive | Extension | 2023 | +15 m² | – |
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| 45, Calluna Drive | Extension | 2023 | +26 m² | 5 → 4 |
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| 13, Wiltshire Way | Extension | 2023 | +24 m² | – |
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| 25, Normandy Way | Extension | 2023 | +8 m² | 7 → 7 |
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| 8, Ross Way | Extension | 2022 | +15 m² | – |
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| 7, Somerset Close | Extension | 2022 | +9 m² | 5 → 4 |
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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.
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.4% | 90.4% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.4% | 6.0% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.9% | 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.