Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Kempston West & South › Postcode MK42 7PE What's changing near MK42 7PE Within 2 km, around Kempston West & South in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
44 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
407 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.1% like-for-like prices in Kempston West & South, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
-10% 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 9 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 24 new homes completed flats · Feb 2025
Feb 2025 School closed School closed: E-Spired Centre of Excellence Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jan 2024 New school Jan 2024 Planning permission Mar 2023 Planning permission Aug 2022 Planning permission Jul 2022 Planning permission Aug 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 7 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
15 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
42 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK42 7PE 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 27 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (112 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Systems House Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2021 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 Atlas Converting Equipment Limited, Wolseley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Bedfordshire Police Headquarters, Woburn Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2025 Solar farm Elstow Landfill Site Being built · 6 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - Photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Bedford Academy, Mile Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022 Battery storage The Brickmakers Arms Battery Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Kenneth Way, Wilstead - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Progress Park, Elstow Utility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Progress Park, Elstow Highway improvement works · BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Ampthill Road, Kempston Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided decided Aug 2022 Decided 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, 1.8 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.7 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 5.2 km); Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine (wind farm, 6.6 km); Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 6.8 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.