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
9storm overflows within 2 km
302hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
84spill events counted
Anglian Water
Boston New East Side Terminal Psinto The Wash Estuary33 spills, 217 hours in 2025
1.5 km away
Anglian Water
Boston London Road Pumping Stationinto South Forty Foot Drain7 spills, 42 hours in 2025
600 m away
Anglian Water
Boston London Road Pumping Stationinto The Haven (Estuary)22 spills, 18 hours in 2025
150 m away
Anglian Water
Boston Queens Road Csointo Maud Foster Drain6 spills, 15 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Anglian Water
Boston Sleaford Road Psinto North Forty Foot Drain9 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.4 km away
Anglian Water
Boston Norfolk Place Csointo The Haven3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.1 km away
Anglian Water
Norfolk Street Csointo Maud Foster Drain1 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Anglian Water
Boston Church Road Psinto Maud Foster Drain2 spills, 1 hours in 2025
Eastern Green Link 3 and Eastern Green Link 4Electric Lines · Land between the Scotland/England Maritime boundary in the North Sea and the Walpole area of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, with a landfall on the east coast of Lincolnshire.
application due October 2026 4.1 km away
Decided
Heckington Fen Solar ParkGenerating Stations · The site is located on land to the north of East Heckington and 3.5km south east of South Kyme.
decided Jan 2025 12.8 km away
Decided
Triton Knoll Electrical SystemElectric Lines · 33km off the Lincolnshire coast to the Triton Knoll Substation in Lincolnshire
decided Sept 2016 13.9 km away
Decided
Beacon Fen Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Site 2.5km N of Heckington and 6.5km NE of Sleaford, connecting to Bicker Fen.
decided Aug 2026 18.5 km away
Pre-application
Lincolnshire ReservoirDams and Reservoirs · 7km southwest of Sleaford, between the settlements of Swaton, Scredington and Helpringham
application due November 2028 21.4 km away
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Boston Central & North: +27% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 40 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
Population (GP registrations): -8.1% in two years.
Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2025 1.1 km away
New homes
13 new homes completedhouses · Nov 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 1.9 km away
New homes
11 new homes completedflats · Dec 2024
Dec 2024 400 m away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 23 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Minor
Fishtoft Road, BostonUtility repair and maintenance works · BT · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Minor
Grove Street West, BostonRemedial works · ANGLIAN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 900 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Examination
Meridian Solar FarmGenerating Stations · North of Peterborough, 2km NE of Crowland, 6km S of Spaling, 9km NW of Wisbech.
application due March 2026 30.0 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.