What's changing near MK41 7QX

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Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  9 new homes completedflats · Sep 2026
  Sept 2026
  1.5 km away
• New homes
  12 new homes completedhouses · Feb 2025 – Jul 2026
  Jul 2026
  2.0 km away
• New homes
  40 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
  Mar 2026
  1.6 km away
• New homes
  10 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
  Dec 2025
  1.4 km away
• New homes
  24 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
  Dec 2025
  1.6 km away
• New homes
  14 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
  Nov 2025
  1.7 km away
• New homes
  8 new homes completedflats · Oct 2025
  Oct 2025
  1.5 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 8 homesBroadway House, 4 - 6 The Broadway, Bedford (full planning permission)
  Oct 2023
  1.6 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 7 homes1-6 Clair Court and 8,10,10A Lime Street, Bedford (full planning permission)
  Oct 2023
  1.7 km away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 105 homesGreyfriars Police Station, 32 Greyfriars, Bedford (outline planning permission)

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Mallard Hill: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Brickhill Drive: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Falcon Avenue: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Curlew Crescent: 2 homes extended since 2021
• Rooksmead: 1 home extended since 2021
• The Buntings: 1 home extended since 2021
• Fulmar Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Pipit Rise: 1 home extended since 2021

• Extended
  39, Rooksmead52 m² → 94 m² (+42 m²)
  certificate 2026
• Extended
  32, Rooksmead77 m² → 122 m² (+45 m²)
  certificate 2014

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

25 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (88 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.

• Rooftop solar
  Pilgrims Pre Preparatory School, Brickhill Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
  Aug 2025
  400 m away
• Rooftop solar
  Bedford School, De Parys Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
  May 2026
  1.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Bedford Modern School, Manton Lane - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 330 kW
  May 2026
  1.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Towers Health And Racquets Club, Clapham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 280 kW
  May 2023
  1.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Oakhill Place, High View - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  May 2025
  2.0 km away
• Solar farm
  Clapham Plateau - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 6 MW
  Jan 2023
  2.0 km away
• Solar farm
  Elstow Landfill SiteBeing built · 6 MW
  Dec 2021
  2.4 km away
• Battery storage
  Elms Farm Industrial Estate - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Feb 2025
  3.3 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Unit 8, Hudson Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
  Dec 2022
  3.4 km away
• Rooftop solar
  Systems HouseApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Oct 2021
  3.7 km away
• Battery storage

Road and street works within 1 km

1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.

• Major, planned
  Poplar Avenue, BedfordHighway improvement works · BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL · Road closure
  Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
  1000 m away

DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• Decided
  Rookery South Energy from Waste Generating StationGenerating Stations · Rookery South Pit, Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire
  decided Oct 2011
  11.0 km away
• Decided
  Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire
  decided Mar 2019
  11.5 km away
• Recommendation
  East Park EnergyGenerating Stations · Land between Hail Weston and Swineshead. With grid connection to the Eaton Socon sub-station.
  application due September 2025
  13.2 km away
• Decided
  A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement schemeHighways · The project starts at A1/A421 Junction, Black Cat roundabout and finishes at A428/A1198 junction
  decided Aug 2022
  19.8 km away
• Decided
  Green Hill Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton.
  decided Oct 2026
  20.6 km away
• Pre-application
  East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvementsRailways · New railway line between Bedford and Cambridge Stations. Associated works within Bedford and Oxford.
  application due August 2027
  25.6 km away
• Decided
  Woodside Link Houghton Regis Bedfordshire

Transport schemes within 20 km

None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.

The longer view

• Like-for-like prices in Brickhill: +21% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -0.7% in two years.
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