What's changing near SN3 4LQ
Within 2 km, around Lower Stratton in Swindon. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
114new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
12homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+3.4%like-for-like prices in Lower Stratton, 2024 → 2025 (council +2.7%)
-10%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
New homesPlanning grantedExtended homeEnergy projectBlack pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.7 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025
950 m away - New homes
27 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
8 new homes completedhouses · Jun 2025
Jun 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
10 new homes completedhouses · Mar 2025 – May 2025
May 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
18 new homes completed6 flats, 12 houses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025
1.7 km away - New homes
12 new homes completedhouses · Dec 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025
1.8 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedhouses · Oct 2024
Nov 2024
1.8 km away - Planning permissionAug 2022
1.3 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 14 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
17homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
33since energy certificates began (2008)
1in SN3 4LQ 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
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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
35 planned, approved or being built and 20 running (262 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Energy from waste
Keypoint Industrial EstateApproved, not yet built · 15 MW
Jun 2019
350 m away - Rooftop solar
Amazon, Symmetry Park - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
Nov 2022
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Alpha Building Europa Park, Stratton St Margaret - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built
Jul 2022
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Keypoint, South Marston - Solar panelsApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jan 2024
1.4 km away - Rooftop solar
Brittannia Trade Park, Radway Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2026
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Parsonage Road, Stratton St Margaret - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 520 kW
Jul 2022
1.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Big Yellow Self Storage, Drakes Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 160 kW
Oct 2023
1.7 km away - Rooftop solar
Honda Motor Europe Logistics NV, Viscount Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 400 kW
Aug 2024
2.2 km away - Rooftop solar
Viscount Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 300 kW
Mar 2025
2.2 km away - Battery storage
Catsbrain Farm - Battery StorageApproved, not yet built · 30 MW
Oct 2023
2.6 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
7 permitted works running now or planned.
- Standard
Oxford Road, SwindonHighway improvement works · SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL · Lane closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026
550 m away - Minor
Oxford Road, SwindonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
450 m away - Minor
Sandgate, SwindonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
600 m away - Minor
Shenton Court, SwindonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
850 m away - Minor
Towcester Road, SwindonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027
850 m away - Minor
Tawny Owl Close, SwindonUtility asset works · THAMES WATER · No carriageway incursion
Dec 2026 to Dec 2026
950 m away - Minor
Swindon Road, SwindonUtility repair and maintenance works · VODAFONE GROUP · Two-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 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
- Pre-application
West Oxfordshire Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Located on land south-west of Carterton and to the west of Lechlade, within the administrative areas of West Oxfordshire District Council and Oxfordshire County Council. application due May 2027
14.7 km away - Pre-applicationapplication due November 2026
27.6 km away - Examinationapplication due September 2025
28.9 km away
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.
Transport schemes within 20 km
None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Sevor Farm (solar farm, 2.2 km); B&Q Swindon DC (rooftop solar, 2.4 km); B and Q Distribution Centre Highworth Road (battery storage, 2.4 km); Land at Beech Farm (solar farm, 3.0 km); Roves Farm (Solar) (solar farm, 3.5 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.