Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Milton Keynes › Neighbourhood Willen & Downhead Park › Postcode MK15 8QA What's changing near MK15 8QA Within 2 km, around Willen & Downhead Park in Milton Keynes. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
178 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.3% like-for-like prices in Willen & Downhead Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.3%)
-3% 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 8 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 13 new homes completed 2 flats, 11 houses · Mar 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 47 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 65 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New school Jun 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 24 m²
20 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK15 8QA 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 62 planned, approved or being built and 16 running (62 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Mercedes Benz UK - Solar array car port Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Sept 2021 Rooftop solar Delaware Drive, Tongwell - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 470 kW
Nov 2024 Battery storage Yeomans Drive, Blakelands - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 Battery storage St Leger Drive, Great Linford - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar David Lloyd, Livingstone Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 560 kW
Nov 2023 Battery storage Brickhill Street, Lakeside Roundabout - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Linford Wood Business Park, Linford Wood - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Tanners Drive, Blakelands - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Caldecote Farm - Storage & Distribution Unit Being built · 260 kW
Apr 2024 Battery storage Wolverton Road, Giffard Park Roundabout - Micro Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major Monks Way V9 To V10, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Kemble Court, Milton Keynes Utility asset works · BT · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Portland Drive, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Willen Roundabout, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Summerhayes, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 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 Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Decided decided Oct 2011 Decided decided Oct 2019 Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 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 Sept 2014 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: Falcon Project (battery storage, 2.9 km); The Kickles (solar farm, 3.7 km); Blum Uk - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 4.2 km); Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (energy from waste, 5.3 km); Harvie Card Way - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 6.1 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.