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What can I build, and will it pay? The planning rules, what neighbours have built, planning decisions, energy upgrades, and whether extending pays.
| Whitley Sands | North Tyneside | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postcodes in a conservation area | 21% | 7% | 10% |
| Postcodes under an Article 4 direction | 0% | 1% | 16% |
| Listed buildings | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| Postcodes in a tree preservation order zone | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Flats | 11% | 22% | 22% |
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sewer Gas Lamp | II | 510 m |
| Sewer Gas Lamp | II | 550 m |
| Drinking Fountain | II | 600 m |
| War Memorial and Dwarf Walls, Steps and Piers Surrounding | II | 620 m |
| Church of St Edward | II | 640 m |
| Spanish City | II | 640 m |
| Sewer Gas Lamp | II | 690 m |
| Sewer Gas Lamp | II | 700 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
planning.data.gov.uk (OGL), Historic England. The rules at one address are on its postcode's Improving page. General guidance, not planning advice.
| Home | Work | Seen | Space added | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51, Ilfracombe Gardens | Extension | 2026 | +36 m² | – |
| 3, Glendale Avenue | Extension | 2026 | +27 m² | – |
| 87, St Marys Avenue | Extension | 2026 | +65 m² | 5 → 6 |
| 43, Monkridge | Extension | 2026 | +13 m² | 3 → 3 |
| 28, Monkridge | Extension | 2026 | +15 m² | 2 → 3 |
| 11, Coquet Avenue | Extension | 2026 | +9 m² | 6 → 5 |
| 20, Willoughby Drive | Extension | 2026 | +9 m² | 5 → 5 |
| 63, Kingston Drive | Extension | 2026 | +28 m² | 7 → 7 |
| 19, Percy Avenue | Extension | 2026 | +9 m² | 5 → 5 |
| 30, Ivanhoe | Extension | 2026 | +30 m² | 5 → 6 |
Planning applications outside London aren't published as open data yet, so search the council's own register: the drawings, the decision and the agent are there. Find the council's planning register on GOV.UK ↗
| Whitley Sands | North Tyneside | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rated A or B | 2% | 13% | 12% |
| Rated E, F or G | 19% | 9% | 16% |
| Homes on mains gas | 99% | 96% | 86% |
| Gas use per home (kWh a year) | 17,751 | 11,204 | 11,043 |
| Households in fuel poverty | 6% | 8% | 10% |
| Homes built before 1919 | 38% | 16% | 20% |
A home's own recommended upgrades and their costs are on its energy certificate, shown on its page.
MHCLG energy certificates; DESNZ fuel poverty.
Across England and Wales, homes extended by a typical 30 m² and then resold rose about 11.1% more than similar homes nearby over the same years (124,884 resales); in North East, 6.4% (4,384 resales).
Rough build costs and resale evidence, not quotes or a valuation. How extensions pay off by size, type and region.
The money you don't get back either way, for the same extra space in Whitley Sands.
| Stamp duty on the new home | £18,350 |
|---|---|
| Estate agent on yours 1.2% + VAT | £7,056 |
| Solicitors, buying and selling | £3,000 |
| Survey | £600 |
| Removals | £1,500 |
| Money gone | £30,506 |
| Building, plus 15% for design, planning and contingency | £57,500 |
|---|---|
| Less what it adds to your home's value 60% of the local price | −£46,200 |
| Money gone | £11,300 |
On these figures, extending loses about £19,206 less. Moving also changes the area, the schools and the commute; extending means months of building work and depends on planning.
Building costs vary a lot (a single-storey rear extension is often £2,000–£3,000 per m², more in London). How much space adds depends on the home and street: what extensions added to resale prices. A guide, not advice; nothing you type leaves this page.
Where people extend most, and where the planning rules are tighter.
| Whitley Sands (this one) | 35.8 | 21% | 0% | 3 | 2% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tynemouth Priory | 32.1 | 53% | 21% | 61 | 6% |
| West Monkseaton | 30.9 | 7% | 0% | 4 | 1% |
| Tynemouth West | 29.7 | 7% | 0% | 3 | 3% |
| Cullercoats | 29.5 | 16% | 0% | 6 | 3% |
| North Shields | 28.5 | 30% | 0% | 30 | 6% |
| Whitley Bay North | 27.1 | 1% | 0% | 7 | 15% |
| Whitley Bay Promenade | 25.8 | 2% | 0% | 4 | 3% |
| Monkseaton | 21.5 | 19% | 0% | 10 | 7% |
| Wallsend East | 21.3 | 14% | 0% | 14 | 9% |
| New York | 20.6 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 10% |
| Battle Hill East | 20.6 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 9% |
| Shiremoor South & West Allotment | 19.8 | 1% | 0% | 2 | 22% |
| Preston Grange | 19.4 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 18% |
| Percy Main | 19.2 | 3% | 0% | 7 | 14% |
| Wallsend West | 18.7 | 0% | 0% | 9 | 4% |
| Shiremoor North & South Wellfield | 18.0 | 22% | 0% | 18 | 22% |
| Willington Quay | 17.6 | 1% | 0% | 10 | 12% |
| Wideopen & Seaton Burn | 16.4 | 1% | 0% | 5 | 24% |
| Howdon | 13.0 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 3% |
| Fordley | 11.8 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 9% |
| Preston Billy Mill | 11.1 | 0% | 0% | 4 | 1% |
| Longbenton | 10.8 | 1% | 0% | 0 | 5% |
| Holystone & Benton | 10.4 | 18% | 0% | 9 | 32% |
| Killingworth East | 10.2 | 8% | 0% | 7 | 14% |
| Chirton | 10.0 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 20% |
| Battle Hill West | 9.8 | 0% | 0% | 0 | 4% |
| Forest Hall & West Moor | 8.9 | 1% | 0% | 1 | 30% |
| Killingworth West & Camperdown | 8.7 | 0% | 0% | 1 | 17% |
| East Benton | 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 2 | 31% |
| 64, Willoughby Drive |
|---|
| Extension |
| 2026 |
| +30 m² |
| 4 → 7 |
| 35, Tynedale Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +37 m² | – |
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| 11, Brighton Grove | Extension | 2025 | +25 m² | 6 → 7 |
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| 77, Bideford Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +58 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 50, Holywell Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +15 m² | 7 → 7 |
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| 37, Shaftesbury Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +39 m² | 5 → 6 |
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| 6, Balmoral Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +11 m² | 7 → 5 |
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| 2, Balmoral Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +27 m² | 5 → 7 |
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| 32, Eastbourne Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +51 m² | – |
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| 91, Monkseaton Drive | Extension | 2025 | +28 m² | 7 → 8 |
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| 31, Davison Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +37 m² | 6 → 7 |
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| 83, Holywell Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +38 m² | 8 → 8 |
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| 95, Marine Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +31 m² | 11 → 10 |
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| 4, Longridge Drive | Extension | 2025 | +91 m² | 6 → 7 |
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| 2, The Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +11 m² | 7 → 7 |
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| 127, Marine Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +31 m² | 7 → 6 |
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| 25, Hawthorn Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +80 m² | 7 → 7 |
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| 6, Hawthorn Gardens | Extension | 2025 | +19 m² | 7 → 7 |
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| 21, Links Avenue | Extension | 2025 | +36 m² | 7 → 6 |
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| 13, Willoughby Drive | Extension | 2025 | +32 m² | – |
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Not every extension shows here. We only see building work when a new energy certificate is lodged, which happens when a home is sold, let or newly built. A loft or extension added since then won't appear, even with planning permission and building control sign-off, because those records aren't published as open data outside London. Missing work doesn't mean missing paperwork.
From energy certificates: an extension where a later certificate shows more floor space, a loft conversion where roof rooms appear.
Sort by any column; open a neighbourhood for the same view.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.2% | 94.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.3% | 4.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.