Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council County Durham › Neighbourhood Stanley West & Annfield Plain › Postcode DH9 7JN What's changing near DH9 7JN Within 2 km, around Stanley West & Annfield Plain in County Durham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
32 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.9% like-for-like prices in Stanley West & Annfield Plain, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
+20% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 2 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
11 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in DH9 7JN itself
Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2017 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 14 storm overflows within 2 km
154 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
153 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Mitchel Terrace Cso into Kyo Burn (River Team) 40 spills, 71 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water South Moor Memorial Park Sso into Stanley Burn 26 spills, 24 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Hustledown Road Cso into Stanley Burn 17 spills, 13 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Northumbrian Water Duke Street Cso into Trib Kyo Burn 20 spills, 11 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Dunn Street into Kyo Burn 8 spills, 10 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Railway Gardens Cso Der047 into Kyo Burn (River Team) 15 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Tanfield Trunk Sewer Cso into Kyo Burn (River Team) 3 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Wesley Terrace Cso into Kyo Burn (Culverted) 8 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.1 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 13 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (29 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Maiden, Annfield Plain - Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 38 MW
Aug 2021 Rooftop solar Harelaw Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 890 kW
Oct 2023 Solar farm Edge Lane, Maiden Law - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Apr 2026 Battery storage Edge Lane, Maiden Law - Solar Farm & Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 45 MW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Number One Industrial Estate - Solar PV system Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Nov 2021 Rooftop solar Number One Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2022 Solar farm Hownsgill Industrial Park Being built · 5 MW
Feb 2019 Solar farm Greenhead Energy Park Planning application in · 50 MW
May 2024 Battery storage Greenhead Energy Park Planning application in · 13 MW
May 2024 Solar farm Gas Governor Station Solar System Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Chester-Le-Street Community Hospital - Solar Panels
Road and street works within 1 km 1 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
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 Jan 2021 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 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: Chapman's Well (landfill gas, 1.2 km); Green Croft Solar Farm (solar farm, 1.7 km); Greencroft Estate Turbines (wind farm, 2.1 km); Holmside Hall (wind farm, 3.3 km); Langley Moor (wind farm, 5.1 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.