What's changing near MK42 7QT
Within 2 km, around Kempston West & South in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
34new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
400homes 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
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
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.
15homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 19 m²
30since energy certificates began (2008)
1in MK42 7QT 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
0hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0spill 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 9 running (113 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
Bedfordshire Police Headquarters, Woburn Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2025
700 m away - Rooftop solar
Atlas Converting Equipment Limited, Wolseley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024
750 m away - Rooftop solar
Progress Park, Elstow, Site B - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Progress Park, Elstow, Site A - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Dec 2023
1.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Systems HouseApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2021
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - PhotovoltaicsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2024
1.6 km away - Battery storage
The Brickmakers Arms BatteryApproved, not yet built · 20 MW
Dec 2021
2.1 km away - Solar farm
Elstow Landfill SiteBeing built · 6 MW
Dec 2021
2.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Bedford Academy, Mile Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Kenneth Way, Wilstead - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2023
3.1 km away - Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km
2 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Singer Way, KempstonUtility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Two-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Standard
Singer Way, KempstonNew service connection · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 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
- Decideddecided Oct 2011
6.1 km away - Decided
Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019
6.7 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
18.1 km away - Decided
Green Hill Solar FarmGenerating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026
21.4 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
22.6 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2022
23.8 km away - 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, 2.0 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.2 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 4.7 km); Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine (wind farm, 6.0 km); Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 7.1 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.