Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council East Cambridgeshire › Neighbourhood Swaffham & Bottisham › Postcode CB25 9DS What's changing near CB25 9DS Within 2 km, around Swaffham & Bottisham in East Cambridgeshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
20 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.7% like-for-like prices in Swaffham & Bottisham, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.7%)
-4% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 45 m²
16 since energy certificates began (2008)
5 in CB25 9DS itself
Extended certificate 2021 Extended certificate 2018 Extended certificate 2017 Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2013 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
5 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
5 spill events counted
Anglian Water Tunbridge La Ps into Trib Of Swaffham Bulbeck Lode 1 spills, 3 hours in 2025
400 m away Anglian Water Bottisham Water Recycling Centre into Swaffham Bulbeck Lode 4 spills, 2 hours in 2025
400 m 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 23 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (254 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Dec 2023 Battery storage Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Dec 2023 Solar farm Low Fen, Drove Way - Solar Farm Planning application in · 50 MW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Low Fen, Drove Way - Energy Storage System Planning application in
Mar 2025 Battery storage Reach Road Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jul 2020 Battery storage Weirs Drove, Burwell - Battery Storage Facility Planning application in · 30 MW
May 2021 Rooftop solar Coldhams Business Park, Norman Way - Solar Panels Planning application in · 200 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Coldhams Business Park, Norman Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Mar 2024 Solar farm Grain Stores, West Wratting - Solar Array Approved, not yet built
Sept 2025 Solar farm Burwell Solar Farm Being built · 50 MW
Nov 2020 Rooftop solar Levidian Nanosystems, Levidian Technology Centre - Solar Panels
Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned.
Minor Lode Road, Bottisham Utility asset works · BT · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Lode Road, Bottisham Utility asset works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Ox Meadow, Bottisham Utility asset works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
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 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 Decided decided May 2016 Pre-application application due July 2027 Pre-application application due August 2027 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: Great Wilbraham Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.7 km); Exning (solar farm, 6.8 km); Milton Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Burwell - Battery Storage (battery storage, 7.1 km); Wadlow Wind Farm (wind farm, 7.8 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.