Country England and Wales › Region East of England › Council North Hertfordshire › Neighbourhood Letchworth East › Postcode SG6 4HT What's changing near SG6 4HT Within 2 km, around Letchworth East in North Hertfordshire. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
130 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 17 new homes completed 1 flats, 16 houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed 4 flats, 22 houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 28 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 57 new homes completed flats · Jul 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 6 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
14 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 41 m²
23 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in SG6 4HT 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
38 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
13 spill events counted
Anglian Water Letchworth Water Recycling Centre into Pix Brook, Trib River Gt Ouse 5 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Anglian Water Letchworth-Norton Common Cso into The Pix Brook 8 spills, 14 hours in 2025
300 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 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 Rooftop solar Chesfield Downs Golf Club, Jacks Hill - Solar panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Oct 2023 Battery storage Newnham Road, Newnham - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Jun 2025 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 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 Stevenage Road, Titmore Green - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 57 MW
May 2025 Solar farm St Ippolyts - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 25 MW
Jul 2025 Battery storage Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Western Close, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Wilbury Close, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Bedford Road, Letchworth Garden City Highway improvement works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Wheat Hill, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Hawthorn Hill, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Chasten Hill, Letchworth Garden City Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Southfields, Letchworth Garden City Highway repair and maintenance works · HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL · Give and take
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026 Minor Westholm, Letchworth Garden City Utility repair and maintenance works · AFFINITY WATER - C · 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 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, 3.0 km); Arlesey Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.2 km); Hitchin (landfill gas, 4.4 km); Langford Solar Farm (solar farm, 6.1 km); Bygrave Lodge Farm Anaerobic Digestion Facility (Farm AD) (anaerobic digestion, 6.6 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.