Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Milton Keynes › Neighbourhood Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands › Postcode MK17 8SW What's changing near MK17 8SW Within 2 km, around Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands in Milton Keynes. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
273 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.8% like-for-like prices in Bow Brickhill & Woburn Sands, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.3%)
+16% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 4 flats, 22 houses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 24 new homes completed 1 flats, 23 houses · Mar 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 2 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
2 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK17 8SW 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 17 running (59 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Glebe Farm All Through School, Burney Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Midway Centre, Harding Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar A G Barr Plc, Crossley Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 900 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Chippenham Drive, Kingston - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jul 2024 Rooftop solar Fen Street- Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2022 Battery storage Standing Way -Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Gosh Foods, Maidstone Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Feb 2023 Battery storage The Venue MK, Hindhead Knoll - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Hammerwood Gate, By University Roundabout - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Red Bull Racing Wind Tunnel, Sherbourne Drive – Solar Panels Being built · 290 kW
Jun 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned Kingston Roundabout, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Lane closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Kingston Roundabout, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Lane closure
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Walton Road, Wavendon New service connection · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Minor Harding Road, Milton Keynes Utility repair and maintenance works · ANGLIAN WATER · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Whitehall Avenue, 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 Sept 2014 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 Oct 2019 Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Blum Uk - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 1.6 km); Harvie Card Way - Solar panels (rooftop solar, 1.6 km); Red Bull Ford Powertrains, Rindt Building, Bradbourne Drive – Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.6 km); Red Bull Racing, Bradbourne Drive - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 2.8 km); University Way, Cranfield - Solar Array (solar farm, 4.9 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.