What's changing near SG6 1PR

On the map

Nearby, most recent first

• New homes
  57 new homes completedflats · Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
  Dec 2025
  700 m away
• Planning permission
  Permission for 10 homes48-52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ (full planning permission)
  Feb 2021
  350 m away
• School closed
  School closed: Garden City Montessori SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
  Jul 2020
  550 m away

New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.

Extensions and loft conversions within 500 m Map of every extended home within 1 km →

• Pixmore Way: 4 homes extended since 2021
• Gernon Road: 3 homes extended since 2021
• Shott Lane: 1 home extended since 2021
• Pix Road: 1 home extended since 2021
• Wissen Drive: 1 home extended since 2021
• Ridge Road: 1 home extended since 2021

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

• Anglian Water
  Letchworth-Norton Common Csointo The Pix Brook8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
  1.1 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
  800 m away
• Rooftop solar
  Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
  Oct 2023
  3.5 km away
• Solar farm
  Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
  Mar 2024
  4.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built
  Mar 2024
  4.3 km away
• Battery storage
  Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
  Jun 2025
  4.8 km away
• Solar farm
  Tophams Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 40 MW
  Jun 2024
  5.5 km away
• Battery storage
  Tophams Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 8 MW
  Jun 2024
  5.5 km away
• Battery storage
  Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 57 MW
  May 2025
  6.2 km away
• Battery storage
  Westfield Conservation Park - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 99 MW
  Aug 2025
  6.2 km away
• Solar farm
  St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
  Jul 2025
  6.5 km away
• Battery storage

Road and street works within 1 km

13 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.

• Major
  Pixmore Way, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  400 m away
• Major
  Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  600 m away
• Major, planned
  Waysbrook, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
  Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
  700 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
  300 m away
• Standard
  Willian Way, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · UK POWER NETWORKS EASTERN & LONDON · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  1000 m away
• Minor
  Wissen Drive, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  400 m away
• Minor
  Lytton Avenue, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
  Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
  700 m away
• Minor
  Glebe Road, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Give and take

Major infrastructure projects within 30 km

• Decided
  London Luton Airport ExpansionAirports · The existing site of London Luton Airport
  decided Apr 2025
  15.6 km away
• Decided
  M1 Junction 10a Grade Separation - LutonHighways · Junction 10a M1 Luton
  decided Oct 2013
  18.9 km away
• Decided
  Woodside Link Houghton Regis BedfordshireHighways · North of Houghton Regis Dunstable Bedfordshire
  decided Sept 2014
  20.5 km away
• Decided
  Rookery South Energy from Waste Generating StationGenerating Stations · Rookery South Pit, Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire
  decided Oct 2011
  22.2 km away
• Decided
  Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire
  decided Mar 2019
  22.4 km away
• Decided
  A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Road Improvement schemeHighways · The project starts at A1/A421 Junction, Black Cat roundabout and finishes at A428/A1198 junction
  decided Aug 2022
  27.3 km away
• Pre-application
  East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvementsRailways · New railway line between Bedford and Cambridge Stations. Associated works within Bedford and Oxford.

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 Letchworth East: +19% over five years (2020 → 2025).
• Council tax list: 0 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.
• Population (GP registrations): -1.1% in two years.
• Everything about Letchworth East · homes at SG6 1PR · the property market