Country England and Wales › Region South East › Council Milton Keynes › Neighbourhood Loughton › Postcode MK5 8FF What's changing near MK5 8FF Within 2 km, around Loughton in Milton Keynes. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
410 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-0.3% like-for-like prices in Loughton, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.3%)
+18% 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 10 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New school Nov 2025 New homes 38 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed 15 flats, 3 houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025 New homes 53 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 80 new homes completed flats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 15 new homes completed flats · Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 21 new homes completed 15 flats, 6 houses · May 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 74 new homes completed flats · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025 New homes 41 new homes completed
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 90 m²
10 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in MK5 8FF 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 69 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (116 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Duckworth Court, Oldbrook Boulevard - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Bradwell Road, Loughton Lodge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Jun 2022 Battery storage Kelvin Drive - Micro Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Deltic Avenue, Rooksley - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
May 2024 Battery storage Bradwell Road - Micro Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Winterhill House - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Nov 2021 Battery storage The Church Of The Latterday Saints, The High Street - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2025 Battery storage Verge In Woughton Leisure Centre - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Pear Tree Lane, Bleak Hall - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Feb 2025 Rooftop solar Volkswagen Group UK, Garamonde Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Jan 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major Childs Way V6 To V7, Milton Keynes Utility asset works · HUTCHISON 3G LTD · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Redland Drive, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Silbury Boulevard, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Grafton Gate, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Avebury Boulevard, Milton Keynes Highway repair and maintenance works · MILTON KEYNES COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 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 Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Decided decided Oct 2011 Recommendation Rosefield Solar Farm Generating Stations · Four land parcels to the south and west of the East Claydon substation, Bucks. application due September 2025 Decided decided Oct 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 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: Falcon Project (battery storage, 1.4 km); The Hazeley Academy (rooftop solar, 2.9 km); Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (energy from waste, 4.8 km); Bletchley Phase II (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Blum Uk - Solar Panels (rooftop solar, 5.9 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.