What's changing near IP5 3TY
Within 2 km, around Kesgrave East & Martlesham in East Suffolk. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
212new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.4%like-for-like prices in Kesgrave East & Martlesham, 2024 → 2025 (council +0.8%)
-6%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
15 new homes completed5 flats, 10 houses · May 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
37 new homes completed24 flats, 13 houses · Sep 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
6 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
17 new homes completed4 flats, 13 houses · Sep 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026
1.1 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · May 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
20 new homes completed2 flats, 18 houses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025
1.5 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025
1.6 km away - New homes
15 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.3 km away - New homes
27 new homes completedhouses · Jan 2025 – Mar 2025
Mar 20251.3 km away
17homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
32since energy certificates began (2008)
0in IP5 3TY 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
19 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (23 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Anson Road, Martlesham -Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 660 kW
Jan 2025
650 m away - Solar farm
Bucklesham Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Nov 2023
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Bluestem Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 290 kW
Jan 2023
5.5 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
Sept 2025
5.6 km away - Solar farm
Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jan 2026
7.3 km away - Battery storage
Suffolk Yacht Harbour, Levington - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built
Jan 2026
7.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Rope Walk - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2024
7.4 km away - Battery storage
Raeburn Road South and Gainsborough Lane - Micro Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Aug 2025
7.5 km away - Battery storage
Crown Car Park - Micro Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025
8.1 km away - Battery storage
Marguerite Jeffries Centre - Micro Energy Storage UnitApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2024
8.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Footway From Eagle Way To Rear Of No 64 Lark Rise, MartleshamUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026
100 m away - Standard
Avocet Lane, MartleshamUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
400 m away - Standard
Eagle Way, MartleshamUtility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
400 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
- Decideddecided Sept 2012
10.2 km away - Pre-application
LionLink InterconnectorElectric Lines · From the proposed Kiln Lane Substation near Friston, Suffolk to a landfall near Walberswick to the EEZ in the North Sea. application due April 2027
23.2 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2022
27.8 km away - Decideddecided Mar 2022
27.8 km away - Decideddecided Jul 2022
28.4 km away - Decided
Bramford to Twinstead Electric Lines · 29km linear route between the Bramford Substation,Suffolk and 1.5km south of Twinstead Tee, Essex decided Sept 2024
29.2 km away
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.
Running nearest: Foxhall Landfill Site (landfill gas, 1.5 km); Foxburrow Farm (solar farm, 1.8 km); Ipswich Hospital Energy Centre (biomass, 5.2 km); Stratton Hall Solar Park (solar farm, 5.9 km); University Of Suffolk Campus North (battery storage, 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.