Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Central Bedfordshire › Neighbourhood Toddington, Heath & Reach › Postcode LU7 0AX What's changing near LU7 0AX Within 2 km, around Toddington, Heath & Reach in Central Bedfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
148 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.2% like-for-like prices in Toddington, Heath & Reach, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
-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 homes 26 new homes completed 5 flats, 21 houses · Jun 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed 2 flats, 18 houses · May 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed 1 flats, 12 houses · Jun 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 25 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New school Sept 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in LU7 0AX 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
275 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
16 spill 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 42 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (39 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Wind farm Eastern Way Planning application in · 8 MW
May 2026 Solar farm Eastern Way Planning application in · 20 MW
May 2026 Battery storage Eastern Way Planning application in
May 2026 Solar farm Leighton Linslade Water Recycling Centre - PV Array Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Vinci Technology Centre, Leighton Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Nov 2024 Solar farm Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Jul 2025 Solar farm Grounds Farm - Solar farm Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Oct 2021 Battery storage Pumping Station - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2024 Solar farm Liscombe Business Park - Ground Mounted Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Strangford Drive, Drayton Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Strangford Drive, Skene Close - Micro Energy Storage Facility
Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Decided decided Oct 2011 Decided decided Oct 2013 Recommendation Rosefield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Four land parcels to the south and west of the East Claydon substation, Bucks. application due September 2025 Decided decided Apr 2025 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: Double Arches Quarry Wind Turbine (wind farm, 1.9 km); Double Arches Solar Array (solar farm, 2.0 km); Checkley Wood Farm (wind farm, 2.2 km); Manor Farm (solar farm, 4.1 km); Trinity Hall Farm (anaerobic digestion, 7.2 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.