Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Kempston North › Postcode MK42 8EJ What's changing near MK42 8EJ Within 2 km, around Kempston North in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
109 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
400 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.8% like-for-like prices in Kempston North, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
-8% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 14 new homes completed 6 flats, 8 houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed 4 flats, 18 houses · Mar 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 31 new homes completed 1 flats, 30 houses · Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New school Jan 2024 Planning permission Mar 2023 Planning permission Jul 2022 Planning permission 13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
23 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK42 8EJ 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
Anglian Water Kempston Village Hall Cso into River Great Ouse 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Anglian Water Ibbett Close Ps into Trib River Ouse 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 km away 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 Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Atlas Converting Equipment Limited, Wolseley Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2024 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 Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - Photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2024 Battery storage The Brickmakers Arms Battery Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Dec 2021 Solar farm Elstow Landfill Site Being built · 6 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Bedford Academy, Mile Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Jun 2022 Rooftop solar Kenneth Way, Wilstead - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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, 2.5 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.4 km); Rookery South (energy from waste, 4.9 km); Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine (wind farm, 6.2 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.