Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh › Postcode MK43 7RE What's changing near MK43 7RE Within 2 km, around Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
1 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+1.0% like-for-like prices in Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
+12% 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 No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in MK43 7RE itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2023 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
15 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
4 spill 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 22 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (49 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Oakley Primary Academy, Station Road - Solar Panels & ASHP Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Feb 2023 Battery storage Thurleigh Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 69 MW
Jan 2024 Solar farm Clapham Plateau - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 6 MW
Jan 2023 Solar farm Twinwood Road Oakley And Clapham, Thurleigh Road - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Towers Health And Racquets Club, Clapham Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 280 kW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Bedford Modern School, Manton Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Pilgrims Pre Preparatory School, Brickhill Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar Bedford School, De Parys Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026 Solar farm Elstow Landfill Site Being built · 6 MW
Dec 2021 Battery storage Oakhill Place, High View - Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2025 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 Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 Decided decided Aug 2022 Decided decided Oct 2019 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Clapham solar farm (solar farm, 2.6 km); Twinwoods Heat & Power CHP (energy from waste, 3.3 km); Elstow Landfill Site (landfill gas, 8.0 km); Odell Glebe Solar Farm (solar farm, 8.8 km); Airfield Farm (Podington) (wind farm, 9.7 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.