Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council West Suffolk › Neighbourhood South Newmarket & Racecourse › Postcode CB8 0NL What's changing near CB8 0NL Within 2 km, around South Newmarket & Racecourse in West Suffolk. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
43 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.5% like-for-like prices in South Newmarket & Racecourse, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.2%)
+2% 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. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
27 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in CB8 0NL 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 10 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (246 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Quotient Bioresearch Limited, Newmarket Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Nov 2025 Solar farm Long Barrow Solar Farm Project Planning application in · 50 MW
Jul 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 Solar farm Goose Hall Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Mar 2021 Solar farm Burwell Anchor Lane Farm, Newnham Drove - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2026 Battery storage Anchor Lane, Burwell - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2025 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 Running nearest: Exning (solar farm, 3.0 km); Forest Heath Solar Farm (solar farm, 4.0 km); Breach Farm - Solar farm (solar farm, 6.1 km); Breach Farm - Solar farm (battery storage, 6.1 km); Burwell - Battery Storage (battery storage, 6.4 km).
Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard High Street, Newmarket Utility asset works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Church Lane, Newmarket Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Temp obstruction 15 minute delay
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor High Street, Newmarket New service connection · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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 Kingsway Solar Farm Generating Stations · SE of Cambridge, 2.5km NW of Balsham and 3.8W of West Wratting. application due October 2026 Decided decided Apr 2025 Pre-application application due July 2027 Decided decided May 2016 Pre-application application due July 2027 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.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.