Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Central Bedfordshire › Neighbourhood Leighton Buzzard Central › Postcode LU7 1BP What's changing near LU7 1BP Within 2 km, around Leighton Buzzard Central in Central Bedfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
394 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.6% like-for-like prices in Leighton Buzzard Central, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
+2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 19 new homes completed 2 flats, 17 houses · May 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 60 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 23 new homes completed 5 flats, 18 houses · Jun 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 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 23 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 40 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 19 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
33 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in LU7 1BP 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 4 storm overflows within 2 km
304 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
47 spill events counted
Anglian Water Leighton Linslade Water Recycling C into River Ouzel 16 spills, 275 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Anglian Water So Leighton Buzzard into River Ouzel 25 spills, 21 hours in 2025
500 m away Anglian Water Leighton Buzzard - Chainbridge Ps into River Ouzel 5 spills, 7 hours in 2025
800 m away Anglian Water Bossington Lane Cso into River Ouzel 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
550 m 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 27 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (32 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Battery storage Pumping Station - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2024 Solar farm Leighton Road & Hawthorn - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Jul 2025 Solar farm Liscombe Business Park - Ground Mounted Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Feb 2024 Wind farm Astral Green - Wind Turbine, Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Astral Green - Wind Turbine, Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2024 Battery storage Astral Green - Wind Turbine, Solar Array & Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built
Apr 2024 Wind farm Eastern Way Planning application in · 8 MW
May 2026 Solar farm Eastern Way Planning application in · 20 MW
May 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 18 permitted works running now or planned, 14 of them major.
Major, planned Leston Road, Leighton Buzzard Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Leston Road, Leighton Buzzard Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Lime Grove, Linslade Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Rothschild Road, Linslade Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Rothschild Road, Linslade Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Rothschild Road, Linslade Utility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Woodman Close, Leighton Buzzard Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Woodman Close, Leighton Buzzard Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
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 2013 Decided decided Oct 2011 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: Manor Farm (solar farm, 3.4 km); Double Arches Quarry Wind Turbine (wind farm, 3.9 km); Double Arches Solar Array (solar farm, 4.0 km); Checkley Wood Farm (wind farm, 4.3 km); Church Farm (solar farm, 5.8 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.