Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council Central Bedfordshire › Neighbourhood Stotfold › Postcode SG5 4JZ What's changing near SG5 4JZ Within 2 km, around Stotfold in Central Bedfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
112 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.5% like-for-like prices in Stotfold, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.0%)
+7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 30 new homes completed 1 flats, 29 houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 27 new homes completed 4 flats, 23 houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 17 new homes completed 1 flats, 16 houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
12 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 28 m²
26 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in SG5 4JZ 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
36 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
8 spill events counted
Anglian Water Letchworth Water Recycling Centre into Pix Brook, Trib River Gt Ouse 5 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Anglian Water Stotfold - Brook End Ps into Trib Of Tingewick Brook 3 spills, 12 hours in 2025
350 m away 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 18 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (40 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jun 2025 Battery storage Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Apr 2024 Solar farm Tophams Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 40 MW
Jun 2024 Battery storage Tophams Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar Aco Technologies Plc, Hitchin Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 200 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Stratton Business Park, Pegasus Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
May 2024 Rooftop solar Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Dunton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 177 MW
Oct 2025 Solar farm Wymondley Solar Farm, Great Wymondley Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2024 Battery storage Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major, planned Hitchin Road, Stotfold Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Hitchin Road, Stotfold Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Road closure
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Stotfold Bypass, Stotfold Works for road purposes · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2031 Major Stotfold Bypass, Stotfold Works for road purposes · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2031 Minor Stotfold Bypass, Stotfold Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Immediate - emergency Arlesey Road, Stotfold Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Brayes Manor, Stotfold Highway repair and maintenance works · CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL · 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 2011 Decided Millbrook Power Generating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019 Decided decided Oct 2013 Decided decided Sept 2014 Decided decided Aug 2022 Pre-application Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Arlesey Landfill Gas (Extension) (landfill gas, 2.7 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.1 km); Langford Solar Farm (solar farm, 3.5 km); Langford Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.3 km); Hitchin (landfill gas, 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.
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.