Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council South Cambridgeshire › Neighbourhood Cottenham › Postcode CB24 8AY What's changing near CB24 8AY Within 2 km, around Cottenham in South Cambridgeshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
126 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-2.3% like-for-like prices in Cottenham, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.0%)
+34% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 22 new homes completed 4 flats, 18 houses · Aug 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed 2 flats, 15 houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 39 new homes completed 6 flats, 33 houses · Oct 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 13 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
22 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
28 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in CB24 8AY 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
9 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
3 spill events counted
Anglian Water Broad Lane Ps into Catchwater Drain Cottenham Lod 1 spills, 5 hours in 2025
550 m away Anglian Water Histon Road Sps into Trib Beach Ditch 2 spills, 4 hours in 2025
1.3 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 18 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (83 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Sewage Pumping Station - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2024 Solar farm Cambridge Waste Management Park - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar CRM Surgical, 1 Evolution Business Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 800 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar New Road, Impington - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 280 kW
May 2024 Solar farm Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 26 MW
Jun 2025 Battery storage Falcon Park, Wilsons Road - Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 20 MW
Jun 2025 Solar farm Chittering Solar Farm - extension 2 Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
Jun 2015 Rooftop solar Domino House, Trafalgar Way - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Levidian Nanosystems, Levidian Technology Centre - Solar Panels Planning application in · 180 kW
Dec 2022 Rooftop solar The Harbour School, Station Road - Solar Panels & ASHP Approved, not yet built · 900 kW
Nov 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major Margett Street, Cottenham Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major High Street (B1049), Cottenham Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Corbett Street, Cottenham Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Rooks Street, Cottenham Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Franklin Gardens, Cottenham Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Pelham Way, Cottenham Disconnection or alteration of supply · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Apr 2025 Decided decided May 2016 Pre-application application due July 2027 Pre-application application due August 2027 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 Decided Sunnica Energy Farm Generating Stations · Sunnica West is located south of Chippenham, and Sunnica East is located south of Worlington decided Jul 2024 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Ely Road Waste Management Park (solar farm, 3.8 km); Mingay Farm - extension (solar farm, 5.6 km); Milton Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.7 km); Mingay Farm (solar farm, 6.8 km); Chittering Solar Farm Extension (solar farm, 6.9 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.