Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Bromham & Biddenham › Postcode MK40 4RA What's changing near MK40 4RA Within 2 km, around Bromham & Biddenham in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
262 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.5% like-for-like prices in Bromham & Biddenham, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
+6% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed 6 flats, 8 houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 6 flats, 20 houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed 1 flats, 14 houses · Apr 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed 4 flats, 18 houses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 31 new homes completed 1 flats, 30 houses · Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Jun 2025
10 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 59 m²
18 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK40 4RA 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
15 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4 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 24 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (90 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Bedford Modern School, Manton Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Towers Health And Racquets Club, Clapham Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 280 kW
May 2023 Solar farm Elstow Landfill Site Being built · 6 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Oakley Primary Academy, Station Road - Solar Panels & ASHP Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Bedford School, De Parys Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Systems House Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2021 Solar farm Clapham Plateau - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 6 MW
Jan 2023 Rooftop solar Pilgrims Pre Preparatory School, Brickhill Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Bedfordshire Police Headquarters, Woburn Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Atlas Converting Equipment Limited, Wolseley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned.
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 Oct 2011 Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Recommendation East Park Energy Generating Stations · Land between Hail Weston and Swineshead. With grid connection to the Eaton Socon sub-station. application due September 2025 Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 Decided decided Aug 2022 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Progress Park, Elstow, Site B - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Running nearest: Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 4.4 km); Elstow Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.0 km); Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP (energy from waste, 5.9 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.9 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 7.3 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.