Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Milton Keynes › Neighbourhood Westcroft & Shenley Brook End › Postcode MK5 7AA What's changing near MK5 7AA Within 2 km, around Westcroft & Shenley Brook End in Milton Keynes. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
283 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-2.1% like-for-like prices in Westcroft & Shenley Brook End, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.3%)
-12% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homes School opened School closed Extended home Energy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 650 m away New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 550 m away New homes 29 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 500 m away New school Nov 2025 1.7 km away New homes 38 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 450 m away New homes 18 new homes completed 15 flats, 3 houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 600 m away New homes 15 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 600 m away New homes 18 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 600 m away New homes 21 new homes completed 15 flats, 6 houses · May 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 650 m away New homes 15 new homes completed flats · Jun 2025
Jun 2025 400 m away New homes 27 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 450 m away New homes 47 new homes completed
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 31 m²
19 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in MK5 7AA 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 68 planned, approved or being built and 15 running (143 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Kelvin Drive - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 1.5 km away Rooftop solar Winterhill House - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Nov 2021 2.2 km away Battery storage Pear Tree Lane, Bleak Hall - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 2.2 km away Rooftop solar DHL Supply Chain, Pendeen Crescent -Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jul 2024 2.2 km away Rooftop solar Pendeen Crescent, Snelshall East - Solar panels Planning application in · 1 MW
Apr 2024 2.4 km away Battery storage Duckworth Court, Oldbrook Boulevard - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 2.5 km away Rooftop solar Delico, Steinbeck Crescent - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Apr 2023 2.7 km away Battery storage Bradwell Road - Micro Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 2.8 km away Battery storage Grafton Street, End Of Dunsby Road - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 2.8 km away Rooftop solar Bradwell Road, Loughton Lodge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Jun 2022 2.8 km away Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned.
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Recommendation Rosefield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Four land parcels to the south and west of the East Claydon substation, Bucks. application due September 2025 15.9 km away Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 18.5 km away Decided decided Oct 2011 19.1 km away Decided decided Oct 2019 20.8 km away Decided decided Sept 2014 22.7 km away Decided Green Hill Solar Farm Generating Stations · Land to the south and west of Wellingborough and north of Northampton. decided Oct 2026 25.8 km away 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.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: The Hazeley Academy (rooftop solar, 2.0 km); Falcon Project (battery storage, 3.5 km); Bletchley Phase II (landfill gas, 4.0 km); Land At Potash Farm (solar farm, 5.4 km); Stony Energy Storage Facility (battery storage, 5.8 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.