What's changing near MK42 0LY
Within 2 km, around Kingsbrook in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
29new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
14homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.3%like-for-like prices in Kingsbrook, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
+25%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
24 new homes completedflats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.4 km away - School closed
School closed: E-Spired Centre of ExcellenceOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jan 2024
1.9 km away - Planning permissionAug 2022
1.9 km away - Planning permissionMar 2022
800 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 4 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 60 m²
9since energy certificates began (2008)
1in MK42 0LY 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
1storm overflows within 2 km
50hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
7spill 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
27 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (90 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Bedford Academy, Mile Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022
950 m away - Solar farm
Elstow Landfill SiteBeing built · 6 MW
Dec 2021
2.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Systems HouseApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2021
2.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Bedford School, De Parys Avenue - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026
2.4 km away - Battery storage
Oakhill Place, High View - Energy Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Progress Park, Elstow, Site B - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Progress Park, Elstow, Site A - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Pilgrims Pre Preparatory School, Brickhill Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2025
3.2 km away - Battery storage
Elms Farm Industrial Estate - Battery Storage FacilityApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025
3.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Unit 8, Hudson Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 880 kW
Dec 2022
3.7 km away - Rooftop solar
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
- Decideddecided Oct 2011
8.8 km away - Decided
Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019
9.4 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
15.8 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2022
20.1 km away - Decided
Green Hill Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026
23.5 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
24.1 km away - 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, 3.0 km); Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 6.5 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.3 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 7.9 km); Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP (energy from waste, 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.