What's changing near LE11 4FU
Within 2 km, around Loughborough Garendon in Charnwood. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
133new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
5homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.2%like-for-like prices in Loughborough Garendon, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
+20%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
18 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026
850 m away - New homes
7 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
850 m away - New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026
750 m away - New homes
23 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026
750 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Sep 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026
800 m away - New homes
16 new homes completedhouses · May 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026
700 m away - New homes
22 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025
800 m away - New homes
11 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025
750 m away - Planning permissionJul 2024
1.8 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 13 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 40 m²
10since energy certificates began (2008)
1in LE11 4FU 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
3storm overflows within 2 km
118hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
28spill events counted
- Severn Trent Water
Shepshed Wastewater Treatment Wksinto Black Brook13 spills, 99 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Shepshed Wastewater Treatment Wksinto Black Brook4 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Severn Trent Water
Wide Street Csointo Trib Of River Soar11 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.7 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
29 planned, approved or being built and 9 running (93 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Atic Building, Loughborough Science Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2025
1.9 km away - Solar farm
Long Whatton - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2024
2.0 km away - Battery storage
Long Whatton - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built
Feb 2024
2.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Kindeva Drug Delivery Limited, Derby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
Oct 2023
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Kernan Drive, Unit 21-22 - Solar Photovoltaic ArrayApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Jan 2026
2.3 km away - Battery storage
Derby Road, Lond Whatton - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built
Jun 2024
2.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Ashby Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Jan 2026
2.9 km away - Battery storage
Beacon Road, Epinal Way - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026
3.2 km away - Rooftop solar
The Loughborough Schools Foundation Sports Hall - Solar Pv ArraysApproved, not yet built · 190 kW
Jan 2024
3.6 km away - Solar farm
Nottingham Road - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 34 MW
Mar 2023
4.9 km away - Battery storage
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
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
6.5 km away - Decideddecided Jan 2016
7.7 km away - RecommendationSept 2026
7.7 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
20.0 km away - Decideddecided Dec 2014
21.5 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, 3.0 km); Land at Whatton Road (solar farm, 6.0 km); Green's Lodge Farm (anaerobic digestion, 7.2 km); Walnut Yard (Phase 1) (solar farm, 7.9 km); Langley Priory, Walnut Yard (Phase 2) (solar farm, 7.9 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.