What's changing near SG6 2EE
Within 2 km, around Letchworth South West in North Hertfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
58new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
10homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.2%like-for-like prices in Letchworth South West, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.1%)
-13%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedSchool 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
1.4 km away - Planning permission
Permission for 10 homes48-52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ (full planning permission)
Feb 2021
750 m away - School closed
School closed: Garden City Montessori SchoolOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Jul 2020
1.2 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
22homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 35 m²
35since energy certificates began (2008)
3in SG6 2EE itself
- Extendedcertificate 2025
- Extendedcertificate 2019
- Extendedcertificate 2016
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
1storm overflows within 2 km
14hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
8spill 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
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 FacilityApproved, not yet built · 5 MW
Apr 2024
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023
2.8 km away - Solar farm
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Mar 2024
3.6 km away - Battery storage
Wymondley Solar Farm, Great WymondleyApproved, not yet built
Mar 2024
3.6 km away - Battery storage
Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage SystemPlanning application in · 57 MW
May 2025
5.4 km away - Battery storage
Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy StorageApproved, not yet built
Jun 2025
5.5 km away - Solar farm
St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jul 2025
5.8 km away - Battery storage
St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 13 MW
Jul 2025
5.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Sainsburys, Hitchin Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 310 kW
Mar 2025
5.8 km away - Solar farm
Tophams Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 40 MW
Jun 2024
6.1 km away - Battery storage
Road and street works within 1 km
19 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
- Major
Pixmore Way, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Major, planned
Waysbrook, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026
400 m away - Major
Baldock Road, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Major
Letchworth Gate, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
500 m away - Major, planned
Yardley, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 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
300 m away - Minor
Berkeley, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
200 m away - Minor
Woolston Avenue, Letchworth Garden CityUtility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
350 m away - Minor
Cloisters Road, Letchworth Garden CityHighway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Decideddecided Apr 2025
15.0 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2013
18.3 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
20.2 km away - Decideddecided Oct 2011
22.4 km away - Decided
Millbrook PowerGenerating Stations · The Rookery Pit Near Stewartby, Bedfordshire decided Mar 2019
22.6 km away - Decideddecided Aug 2022
28.0 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, 4.8 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 5.0 km); Hitchin (landfill gas, 5.3 km); Bygrave Lodge Farm Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 6.3 km); Flamingo House (rooftop solar, 7.5 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.