What's changing near SG6 1FX
Within 2 km, around Letchworth East in North Hertfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
71new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
10homes 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
New homesPlanning grantedSchool openedSchool closedExtended homeStorm overflowEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
57 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025
700 m away - New homes
8 new homes completedflats · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.9 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 10 homes48-52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ (full planning permission)
Feb 2021
900 m away - School closed
School closed: Garden City Montessori SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2020
950 m away - New schoolFeb 2020
1.5 km away
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.
5homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
7since energy certificates began (2008)
2in SG6 1FX itself
- Extendedcertificate 2022
- Extendedcertificate 2022
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
2storm overflows within 2 km
17hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
10spill events counted
- Anglian Water
Letchworth-Norton Common Csointo The Pix Brook8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.5 km away - Anglian Water
Baldock Psinto Onto Land2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
2.0 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
22 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 FacilityApproved, not yet built · 5 MW
Apr 2024
400 m away - Rooftop solar
Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023
3.4 km away - Battery storage
Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
Jun 2025
4.5 km away - Solar farm
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2024
4.5 km away - Battery storage
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024
4.5 km away - Solar farm
Tophams Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 40 MW
Jun 2024
5.1 km away - Battery storage
Tophams Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
Jun 2024
5.1 km away - Battery storage
Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 99 MW
Aug 2025
5.8 km away - Battery storage
Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 57 MW
May 2025
6.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Hitchin Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Mar 2025
6.7 km away - Solar farm
Road and street works within 1 km
7 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
- Major
Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
600 m away - Major
Pixmore Way, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Major, planned
Waysbrook, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
800 m away - Major
Letchworth Gate, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
850 m away - Standard
Birds Hill, Letchworth Garden CityDisconnection or alteration of supply · CADENT GAS LIMITED · Two-way signals
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
500 m away - Minor
Wissen Drive, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
150 m away - Minor
Glebe Road, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
800 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Apr 2025
16.0 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
19.3 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
21.1 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2011
22.6 km away - Decided
Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019
22.8 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2022
27.2 km away - 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, 4.7 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.0 km); Bygrave Lodge Farm Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 5.4 km); Hitchin (landfill gas, 5.9 km); Langford Solar Farm (solar farm, 7.3 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.