Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Central Bedfordshire › Neighbourhood Leighton Buzzard South East › Postcode LU7 3LS What's changing near LU7 3LS Within 2 km, around Leighton Buzzard South East in Central Bedfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
445 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.0% like-for-like prices in Leighton Buzzard South East, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
-10% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 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 60 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 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 14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
26 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in LU7 3LS 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
29 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
31 spill events counted
Anglian Water So Leighton Buzzard into River Ouzel 25 spills, 21 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Anglian Water Leighton Buzzard - Chainbridge Ps into River Ouzel 5 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Anglian Water Bossington Lane Cso into River Ouzel 1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.9 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 32 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (129 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Leighton Linslade Water Recycling Centre - PV Array Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Dec 2023 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 Solar farm Grounds Farm - Solar farm Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Oct 2021 Solar farm Trinity Hall Solar Farm Being built · 15 MW
Feb 2025 Wind farm Eastern Way Planning application in · 8 MW
May 2026 Solar farm Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major Gemini Close, Leighton Buzzard Remedial works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 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
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard Highway improvement works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 Major Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard Highway improvement works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 Immediate - emergency Leighton Road, Eggington Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
May 2026 to Oct 2026 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 decided Oct 2013 Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Decided decided Oct 2011 Decided decided Apr 2025 Recommendation Rosefield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Four land parcels to the south and west of the East Claydon substation, Bucks. application due September 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, 2.1 km); Double Arches Quarry Wind Turbine (wind farm, 3.7 km); Double Arches Solar Array (solar farm, 3.8 km); Checkley Wood Farm (wind farm, 4.1 km); Trinity Hall Farm (anaerobic digestion, 5.2 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.