Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council East Cambridgeshire › Neighbourhood South Ely › Postcode CB6 3BT What's changing near CB6 3BT Within 2 km, around South Ely in East Cambridgeshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
143 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
13 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.0% like-for-like prices in South Ely, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.7%)
+3% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 50 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 43 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 30 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 Planning permission Oct 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
34 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CB6 3BT 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 5 storm overflows within 2 km
280 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
53 spill events counted
Anglian Water Ely Water Recycling Centre (Old) into River Great Ouse (Nt) 22 spills, 219 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Anglian Water West Fen Rd Ps Ely into A Littleport & Downham Idb Dra 6 spills, 39 hours in 2025
650 m away Anglian Water Walsingham Way Cso into Trib Of Relief Channel 11 spills, 16 hours in 2025
750 m away Anglian Water Ely Lisle Lane into River Great Ouse 13 spills, 5 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Anglian Water Ely Willow Walk Tps into River Great Ouse 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 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 7 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (134 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Wicken Bridleway, Church Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 400 MW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar The Cloisters - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Jun 2023 Rooftop solar Cambridge Commodities, Lancaster Way Business Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jan 2024 Rooftop solar The Harbour School, Station Road - Solar Panels & ASHP Approved, not yet built · 900 kW
Nov 2022 Rooftop solar Mettleham Farm Centre, Hasse Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Mar 2023 Solar farm Chittering Solar Farm - extension 2 Approved, not yet built · 10 MW
Jun 2015 Solar farm North Angle Farm Being built · 29 MW
Nov 2020 Running nearest: Stowbridge Farm - Extension (Phase 2) (solar farm, 7.4 km); Stowbridge Farm - Extension (Phase 1) (solar farm, 7.7 km); Elean Business Park Biomass Plant (biomass, 8.0 km); Stowbridge Farm (solar farm, 8.0 km); Mingay Farm (solar farm, 8.2 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.
Road and street works within 1 km 15 permitted works running now or planned, 15 of them major.
Major Churchill Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Etheldreda Street, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Debden Green, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Hereward Street, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Cambridgeshire Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Wrens Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Wrens Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Robins Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Robins Close, Ely Highway repair and maintenance works · CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Pre-application application due July 2027 Pre-application application due July 2027 Pre-application Fens Reservoir Dams and Reservoirs · 2km north of Chatteris and south west of the villages of Doddington and Wimblington application due September 2028 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 Apr 2025 Decided decided May 2016 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
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.