Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Sunderland › Neighbourhood Newbottle & Penshaw › Postcode DH4 7DB What's changing near DH4 7DB Within 2 km, around Newbottle & Penshaw in Sunderland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
375 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
72 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.9% like-for-like prices in Newbottle & Penshaw, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.9%)
-28% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 37 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 29 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 22 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
32 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in DH4 7DB 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 9 storm overflows within 2 km
616 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
193 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Sedgeletch Stw into Herrington Burn/Moors Burn 87 spills, 283 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Northumbrian Water Shiney Row Footbridge Cso into Herrington Burn 46 spills, 236 hours in 2025
350 m away Northumbrian Water 66 Ross Lea Cso into Herrington Burn 17 spills, 35 hours in 2025
950 m away Northumbrian Water Houghton Le Spring Cso into Trib Of River Wear 2 spills, 21 hours in 2025
500 m away Northumbrian Water Sedgeletch Bridge Cso into Moors Burn 17 spills, 20 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Northumbrian Water Westbourne Drive Cso into Herrington Burn 17 spills, 19 hours in 2025
500 m away Northumbrian Water Bourn Lea Cso Ch087 into Herrington Burn 5 spills, 4 hours in 2025
900 m away Northumbrian Water Osman Terrace Cso into Moors Burn 2 spills, 0 hours in 2025
2.0 km 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 49 planned, approved or being built and 16 running (101 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Sedgeletch Sewage Treatment Works Being built
Jan 2021 Battery storage Fox Cover Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Sept 2024 Battery storage Hastings Hill Farm, Foxcover Road - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 38 MW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Calsonic Kansei - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Jun 2024 Rooftop solar The Cylinder Service Centre, Sedling Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Sedling Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 360 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Rocket Medical, Sedling Road - Solar PV System Approved, not yet built · 430 kW
Feb 2023 Rooftop solar Griffiths Textiles Machines, Alston Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 700 kW
Sept 2022 Rooftop solar Evolve Business Centre Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
May 2020 Battery storage Evolve Business Centre Approved, not yet built
May 2020 Rooftop solar
Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major, planned Travers Street, Houghton-Le-Spring Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Travers Street, Houghton-Le-Spring Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Brentwood Road, Houghton-Le-Spring Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Brentwood Road, Houghton-Le-Spring Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Gainsborough Crescent, Houghton-Le-Spring Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Gainsborough Crescent, Houghton-Le-Spring Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Council Avenue, Houghton-Le-Spring New service connection · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Temp obstruction 15 minute delay
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 Jul 2020 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jan 2021 Decided decided Jan 2016 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: Houghton-le-Spring Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.6 km); Lumley Water Treatment Works - Solar Panels (solar farm, 4.6 km); Nissan Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.1 km); Nissan Motors Plant Extn (wind farm, 5.1 km); Unipres building (rooftop solar, 5.6 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.