Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council East Cambridgeshire › Neighbourhood Swaffham & Bottisham › Postcode CB25 9EN What's changing near CB25 9EN Within 2 km, around Swaffham & Bottisham in East Cambridgeshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
5 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 No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
6 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in CB25 9EN itself
Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2025 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
2 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4 spill events counted
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 25 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (290 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 Solar farm Burwell Solar Farm Being built · 50 MW
Nov 2020 Battery storage Anchor Lane, Burwell - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2025 Rooftop solar CRM Surgical, 1 Evolution Business Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 800 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Levidian Nanosystems, Levidian Technology Centre - Solar Panels Planning application in · 180 kW
Dec 2022 Solar farm Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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: Milton Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.8 km); Burwell - Battery Storage (battery storage, 6.6 km); Great Wilbraham Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.6 km); Exning (solar farm, 7.3 km); Goosehall Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.4 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.