What's changing near CB23 8BT

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  21 new homes completed19 flats, 2 houses · Apr 2025 – Jun 2025
  Jun 2025
  1.4 km away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Pettitts Lane: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Searles Meadow: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  18, Pettitts Lane77 m² → 186 m² (+109 m²)
  certificate 2024
• Extended
  Honey Hill Cottage, Pettitts Lane210 m² → 245 m² (+35 m²)
  certificate 2024
• Extended
  32, Pettitts Lane97 m² → 140 m² (+43 m²)
  certificate 2024
• Extended
  22, Pettitts Lane108 m² → 128 m² (+20 m²)
  certificate 2022

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

No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).

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

18 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (12 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Rooftop solar
  Domino House, Trafalgar Way - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
  Mar 2024
  1.7 km away
• Solar farm
  Stargoose Farm - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Apr 2022
  1.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Stargoose Farm - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 312 MW
  Apr 2022
  1.9 km away
• Solar farm
  Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 26 MW
  Jun 2025
  4.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 20 MW
  Jun 2025
  4.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Coton Orchard Garden Centre, Cambridge Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
  Jan 2023
  4.6 km away
• Rooftop solar
  New Road, Impington - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
  May 2024
  6.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Morrisons , Broad Street, Cambourne - Solar PanlesApproved, not yet built · 480 kW
  Mar 2022
  6.7 km away
• Battery storage
  Pumping Station, School Lane - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Oct 2024
  7.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Kings College, West Road - Solar Photovoltaic panelsApproved, not yet built
  Dec 2025
  7.4 km away

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.

• Major
  Footpath Off Pheasant Rise, Bar HillUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
  Sept 2026 to Jan 2027
  1000 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

• Decided
  A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement SchemeHighways · Linear route between Cambridge and Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
  decided May 2016
  5.2 km away
• Pre-application
  East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvementsRailways · New railway line between Bedford and Cambridge Stations. Associated works within Bedford and Oxford.
  application due August 2027
  8.9 km away
• Decided
  Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant RelocationWaste Water Treatment Plants · Land North of A14 Trunk Road, Milton, Cambridge
  decided Apr 2025
  11.6 km away
• Decided
  A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement schemeHighways · The project starts at A1/A421 Junction, Black Cat roundabout and finishes at A428/A1198 junction
  decided Aug 2022
  15.0 km away
• Pre-application
  Chatteris Wind FarmGenerating Stations · Located south of Chatteris, in East Anglia
  application due July 2027
  17.6 km away
• Pre-application
  Kingsway Solar Farm Generating Stations · SE of Cambridge, 2.5km NW of Balsham and 3.8W of West Wratting.
  application due October 2026
  21.0 km away
• Pre-application

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 Bar Hill, Girton & Grantchester: +18% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 490 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): +1.2% in two years.
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