Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council North Hertfordshire › Neighbourhood Letchworth East › Postcode SG6 1DU What's changing near SG6 1DU Within 2 km, around Letchworth East in North Hertfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
71 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
10 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.2% like-for-like prices in Letchworth East, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
0% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 57 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed flats · Apr 2025
Apr 2025 Planning permission Permission for 10 homes 48-52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ (full planning permission)
Feb 2021 School closed School closed: Garden City Montessori School Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2020 New school Feb 2020 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 44 m²
27 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in SG6 1DU itself
Extended certificate 2019 Extended certificate 2018 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
41 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
15 spill events counted
Anglian Water Letchworth Water Recycling Centre into Pix Brook, Trib River Gt Ouse 5 spills, 24 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Anglian Water Letchworth-Norton Common Cso into The Pix Brook 8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Anglian Water Baldock Ps into Onto Land 2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.6 km 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 23 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (41 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Letchworth Garden City - Urban Reserve Energy Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 5 MW
Apr 2024 Battery storage Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023 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 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 Battery storage Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 99 MW
Aug 2025 Battery storage Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 57 MW
May 2025 Rooftop solar Sainsburys, Hitchin Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 310 kW
Mar 2025 Solar farm Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Birds Hill, Letchworth Garden City Disconnection or alteration of supply · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Two-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Standard Flint Road, Letchworth Garden City Utility asset works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Glebe Road, Letchworth Garden City Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Westholm, Letchworth Garden City Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Danescroft, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Wissen Drive, Letchworth Garden City Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
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 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, 4.2 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.5 km); Bygrave Lodge Farm Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.2 km); Hitchin (landfill gas, 5.8 km); Langford Solar Farm (solar 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.