Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council North Hertfordshire › Neighbourhood Hitchin Walsworth › Postcode SG4 0PU What's changing near SG4 0PU Within 2 km, around Hitchin Walsworth in North Hertfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
14 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
34 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.0% like-for-like prices in Hitchin Walsworth, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
-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 Planning permission Permission for 10 homes Kwik -Fit Tyres, 59 -61 Walsworth Road, Hitcin (full planning permission)
Dec 2022 Planning permission Permission for 24 homes Former Westons Cars Site And Land Adjoining 114-142 Cambridge Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0JJ (full planning permission)
Apr 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 31 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in SG4 0PU 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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 spill events counted
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 25 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (21 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2024 Battery storage Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley Approved, not yet built
Mar 2024 Rooftop solar Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 57 MW
May 2025 Solar farm St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 13 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Apr 2024 Rooftop solar Sainsburys, Hitchin Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 310 kW
Mar 2025 Battery storage Martins Way - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jun 2026 Battery storage Larwood Drive, Rusling Way - Micro Battery Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
May 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major Willian Road, Hitchin Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Stotfold Road, Hitchin Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Stotfold Road, Hitchin Utility asset works · CADENT GAS LIMITED · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major St Michaels Road, Hitchin Highway improvement works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Chaucer Way, Hitchin Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Hardy Close, Hitchin Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
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 decided Apr 2025 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided decided Oct 2011 Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 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: Hitchin (landfill gas, 4.3 km); Arlesey Landfill Gas (Extension) (landfill gas, 5.7 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.7 km); Flamingo House (rooftop solar, 5.8 km); Bygrave Lodge Farm Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.9 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.