Sheeplane Sheeplane, Central Bedfordshire
18 addresses across 4 postcodes (MK17), about 780 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25201810.
5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 3, F: 1). 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Central Bedfordshire costs £2,516 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 86% of premises. The nearest railway station is Bow Brickhill, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Stockgrove Country Park, is about 1.8 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 131 to 157 m above sea level. 11 of its 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Asplands Medical Centre, about 5.2 km away. About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 54% of households owned their home and 39% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 203 m². Most common: House, detached (5). Built: before 1900 (1); 1900-1929 (1); 2015 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Council tax
What each band costs in Central Bedfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,516 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,677 | £1,957 | £2,237 | £2,516 | £3,075 | £3,634 | £4,194 | £5,032 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (23% of about 650 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: yes, Central Bedfordshire.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| MK17 9HD | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK17 9HF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK17 9HG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| MK17 9HQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 18 addresses are between 131 m and 157 m above sea level (144 m on average); the ground rises about 25 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MK17 9HD | 86% | 86% | 86% | 7% |
| MK17 9HF | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| MK17 9HG | 17% | 17% | 17% | 83% |
| MK17 9HQ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bow Brickhill 33,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km |
| Woburn Sands 48,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km | |
| Leighton Buzzard 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Old Chapel Cottage Woburn | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bletchley | 7.0 km |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 4.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 21.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Asplands Medical Centre | 5.2 km |
| Pharmacies | Woburn Sands Pharmacy | 5.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 5.3 km |
| Hospital | Bletchley Community Hospital | 8.0 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 11.5 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Heath & Reach, Heath & Reach Cashzone | 2.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Stockgrove Country Park 14 ha | 1.8 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 280 m² | 2.6 km |
| Playing field | Bryants Lane Sports Fields 3.5 ha | 2.0 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 8,450 m² | 2.5 km |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 18 |
11 of the street's 18 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Sheeplane (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 54% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- MK17 9HD: 9 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- MK17 9HF: 3 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- MK17 9HG: 3 addresses of 21 in the postcode
- MK17 9HQ: 3 addresses of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
All the streets in MK17 and across Central Bedfordshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.