Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Bedford › Neighbourhood Wootton & Stewartby › Postcode MK43 9HT What's changing near MK43 9HT Within 2 km, around Wootton & Stewartby in Bedford. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
31 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
4 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.2% like-for-like prices in Wootton & Stewartby, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.9%)
-1% 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 houses · May 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 School closed School closed: Shelton Lower School Foundation school, primary (closure)
Aug 2025 Planning permission Aug 2022 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.
1 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 62 m²
1 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in MK43 9HT 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 22 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (121 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage The Brickmakers Arms Battery Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Marsh Leys Farm, Woburn Road - Photovoltaics Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2024 Solar farm Green Lane, Stewartby - Solar PV Array Planning application in · 30 MW
Mar 2022 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 Solar farm Stone Lane Quarry, Woburn Road - Solar Array Area Planning application in · 5 MW
Aug 2025 Solar farm Snakes Meadow - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 46 MW
May 2024 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 Kenneth Way, Wilstead - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Aug 2023 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 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 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 decided Apr 2025 Decided Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Rookery South (energy from waste, 2.2 km); L'Field Stewartby Landfill Site (landfill gas, 2.2 km); Marston Vale Country Park Wind Turbine (wind farm, 3.2 km); Elstow Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.0 km); Brogborough Phase IV (landfill gas, 5.2 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.