What's changing near PE1 3DS
Within 2 km, around Central Park in Peterborough. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
71new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.2%like-for-like prices in Central Park, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.0%)
+1%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesSchool openedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jun 2026
Jun 2026
1.5 km away - New homes
26 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
19 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Sep 2025
Sept 2025
1.6 km away - New schoolMay 2020
1.9 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 11 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
45homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 29 m²
111since energy certificates began (2008)
3in PE1 3DS itself
- Extendedcertificate 2026
- Extendedcertificate 2026
- Extendedcertificate 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
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
26 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (23 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Solar farm
Dogsthorpe, Welland Road - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 14 MW
Jun 2024
600 m away - Battery storage
Dogsthorpe, Welland Road - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built
Jun 2024
600 m away - Rooftop solar
Peterborough Regional College, Park Crescent - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 590 kW
Dec 2025
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
F P Smith Motors, Sturrock Way - Solar PV SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
May 2023
1.6 km away - Rooftop solar
Baker Perkins, Manor Drive - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2025
2.2 km away - Solar farm
Perkins Engines, Fengate - Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2022
2.5 km away - Battery storage
Rightwell West, Bretton - Micro Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025
2.6 km away - Battery storage
Lincoln Road - Energy Storage SystemApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2025
2.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Stirling Way, Bretton - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 250 kW
Nov 2024
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Coningsby Business Park, Stirling Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Jul 2025
2.9 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
25 permitted works running now or planned, 22 of them major.
- Major, planned
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
550 m away - Major
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
550 m away - Major, planned
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
650 m away - Major
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
650 m away - Major, planned
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Major
Searjeant Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
700 m away - Major, planned
Gladstone Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
750 m away - Major
Gladstone Street, PeterboroughUtility asset works · Grain Communications Limited (formerly Solway Communications Limited) · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026750 m away
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decided
A47 Wansford to SuttonHighways · Location is west of the A1 Peterborough near Wansford and close to the village of Sutton. decided Feb 2023
10.0 km away - Examination
Meridian Solar FarmGenerating Stations · North of Peterborough, 2km NE of Crowland, 6km S of Spaling, 9km NW of Wisbech. application due March 2026
17.4 km away - Decided
Mallard Pass Solar ProjectGenerating Stations · Land either side and in the vicinity of the East Coast Main Line, near the village of Essendine. decided Jul 2024
17.4 km away - Decideddecided Jul 2013
17.9 km away - Decideddecided Jan 2023
18.3 km away - Pre-application
Fens ReservoirDams and Reservoirs · 2km north of Chatteris and south west of the villages of Doddington and Wimblington application due September 2028
25.7 km away - Decided
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Dogsthorpe South Landfill Site (landfill gas, 2.0 km); Dogsthorpe South Landfill Site 2 (landfill gas, 2.0 km); Peterborough EfW (energy from waste, 3.5 km); McCain Foods AD Plant (AD) (anaerobic digestion, 6.2 km); Whittlesey (wind farm, 6.5 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.