What's changing near LE11 3JR
Within 2 km, around Loughborough - University in Charnwood. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
39new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
45homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.2%like-for-like prices in Loughborough - University, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
-2%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
14 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedflats · Jul 2026
Jul 2026
1.4 km away - School closed
School closed: Loughborough Amherst SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025
1.5 km away - Planning permissionJul 2024
1.1 km away - Planning permissionJul 2024
1.7 km away - Planning permissionNov 2023
1.9 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 9 homesDevelopment land at site of Former 5 Granby Street, Loughborough (full planning permission) Apr 2023
1.7 km away - New schoolSept 2022
750 m away - Planning permission
20homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 38 m²
34since energy certificates began (2008)
1in LE11 3JR 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
79hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
15spill 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
29 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (89 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Battery storage
Beacon Road, Epinal Way - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026
1.1 km away - Solar farm
Atic Building, Loughborough Science Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2025
1.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Ashby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jan 2026
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
The Loughborough Schools Foundation Sports Hall - Solar Pv ArraysApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2024
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Kindeva Drug Delivery Limited, Derby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
Oct 2023
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Kernan Drive, Unit 21-22 - Solar Photovoltaic ArrayApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jan 2026
2.5 km away - Solar farm
Nottingham Road - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 34 MW
Mar 2023
3.5 km away - Battery storage
Nottingham Road - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built
Mar 2023
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
The Manor House, Woodhouse Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in
Dec 2025
3.8 km away - Solar farm
West Beacon Solar ParkApproved, not yet built · 800 kW
Apr 2021
3.8 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
- Immediate - emergency
Forest Road, LoughboroughUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026
150 m away - Minor
Forest Road, LoughboroughUtility repair and maintenance works · SEVERN TRENT WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
200 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
- RecommendationSept 2026
8.9 km away - Decideddecided Jan 2016
9.9 km away - RecommendationSept 2026
9.9 km away - Pre-application
Weston Marsh to East LeicestershireElectric Lines · A new circa 60 kilometre 400kV overhead electricity transmission line which connects into the Weston Marsh substation infrastructure (to be constructed under the Grimsby to Walpole Project), in the Spalding region of Lincolnshire, and runs west to a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-B) near Wartnaby in Leicestershire, via a new 400kV transmission substation (WMEL-A) near Corby Glen in Lincolnshire.
The Project also includes reconductoring of approximately 66 kilometres of existing transmission infrastructure from the new WMEL-B substation, running south to the existing Grendon substation, east of Northampton. application due March 2028
18.6 km away - Decideddecided Dec 2014
23.7 km away - 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: Newhurst Quarry (energy from waste, 3.6 km); Mountsorrel Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.1 km); Green's Lodge Farm (anaerobic digestion, 7.1 km); Gypsom Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.9 km); Land at Whatton Road (solar farm, 8.3 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.