What's changing near CB25 9EU

On the map

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.

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

• High Street: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Lode Road: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Swaffham Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Northfields: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  25, Northfields55 m² → 78 m² (+23 m²)
  certificate 2024

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

• Anglian Water
  Tunbridge La Psinto Trib Of Swaffham Bulbeck Lode1 spills, 3 hours in 2025
  1.5 km away
• Anglian Water
  Bottisham Water Recycling Centreinto Swaffham Bulbeck Lode4 spills, 2 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

23 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (266 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Solar farm
  Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Dec 2023
  3.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Dec 2023
  3.4 km away
• Solar farm
  Low Fen, Drove Way - Solar FarmPlanning application in · 50 MW
  Mar 2025
  5.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Low Fen, Drove Way - Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in
  Mar 2025
  5.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Reach RoadApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Jul 2020
  5.9 km away
• Battery storage
  Weirs Drove, Burwell - Battery Storage FacilityPlanning application in · 30 MW
  May 2021
  6.0 km away
• Solar farm
  Burwell Solar FarmBeing built · 50 MW
  Nov 2020
  6.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Anchor Lane, Burwell - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  May 2025
  6.5 km away
• Solar farm
  Long Barrow Solar Farm ProjectPlanning application in · 50 MW
  Jul 2025
  7.0 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Levidian Nanosystems, Levidian Technology Centre - Solar PanelsPlanning application in · 180 kW
  Dec 2022
  7.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Coldhams Business Park, Norman Way - Solar Panels

Road and street works within 1 km

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

• Major, planned
  Longmeadow, LodeHighway improvement works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  900 m away
• Minor
  Lode Road, BottishamUtility asset works · BT · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  900 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
  Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant RelocationWaste Water Treatment Plants · Land North of A14 Trunk Road, Milton, Cambridge
  decided Apr 2025
  4.1 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
  10.9 km away
• Decided
  Sunnica Energy FarmGenerating Stations · Sunnica West is located south of Chippenham, and Sunnica East is located south of Worlington
  decided Jul 2024
  13.6 km away
• Decided
  A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement SchemeHighways · Linear route between Cambridge and Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
  decided May 2016
  19.2 km away
• Pre-application
  Chatteris Wind FarmGenerating Stations · Located south of Chatteris, in East Anglia
  application due July 2027
  22.3 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
  24.2 km away
• Pre-application
  Redmere Wind Farm

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 Swaffham & Bottisham: +24% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 70 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): +1.3% in two years.
• Everything about Swaffham & Bottisham · homes at CB25 9EU · the property market