Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Wilstead & Shortstown › Postcode MK42 0FB What's changing near MK42 0FB Within 2 km, around Wilstead & Shortstown in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
200 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
7 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.5% like-for-like prices in Wilstead & Shortstown, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
-7% 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 17 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 30 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in MK42 0FB 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 29 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (87 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Bedford Academy, Mile Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022 Rooftop solar Progress Park, Elstow, Site B - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Progress Park, Elstow, Site A - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Kenneth Way, Wilstead - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Systems House Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2021 Solar farm Elstow Landfill Site Being built · 6 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Atlas Converting Equipment Limited, Wolseley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Bedford School, De Parys Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Bedfordshire Police Headquarters, Woburn Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - Photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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 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 decided Aug 2022 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Elstow Landfill Site (landfill gas, 2.4 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 6.6 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 7.1 km); Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine (wind farm, 8.3 km); Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 8.3 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.