Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council County Durham › Neighbourhood Saint Helen Auckland & West Auckland › Postcode DL14 9AY What's changing near DL14 9AY Within 2 km, around Saint Helen Auckland & West Auckland in County Durham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
2 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+2.2% like-for-like prices in Saint Helen Auckland & West Auckland, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
-2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
27 since energy certificates began (2008)
7 in DL14 9AY itself
Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2022 Extended certificate 2020 Extended certificate 2019 Extended certificate 2017 Storm overflows within 2 km 7 storm overflows within 2 km
534 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
108 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Fieldon Bridge Cso into Gaunless 28 spills, 301 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Northumbrian Water Etherley Lane Cso into Coal Burn 40 spills, 206 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Northumbrian Water Oakley Green Combined Sewer Overflow into The River Gaunless Via A Surface Water Sewer 18 spills, 12 hours in 2025
650 m away Northumbrian Water Wades Farm Cso Wv 010 into River Gaunless 12 spills, 9 hours in 2025
1.0 km away Northumbrian Water Copeland Estate Off Site Sewer into Gaunless 5 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.5 km away Northumbrian Water Toad Pool Cso Te351 into Gaunless 2 spills, 3 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Northumbrian Water Vinovium Sso No A32river Walk Wv 12 into Gaunless 3 spills, 1 hours in 2025
700 m 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 10 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (28 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Tesco Store Bishop Auckland Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jan 2020 Rooftop solar Bishop Auckland College, Woodhouse Lane - Solar Pv Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Electrix International, South Church Enterprise Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar King James I Academy, South Church Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Sept 2024 Solar farm Toronto Green Energy Park, Addison Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 27 MW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Evenwood Lane, Evenwood - Solar PV System Approved, not yet built · 610 kW
Dec 2021 Battery storage Addison Road, Toronto - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Feb 2025 Solar farm Bluestone Farm, Low Lands - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
May 2024 Rooftop solar Roman Factory, Whitworth Avenue - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Coherent, Millennium Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Aug 2025 Running nearest: PG2 Bolam Power Generation (landfill gas, 4.0 km); PG2 Bolam Power Generator (Extension) (landfill gas, 4.0 km); Field at School Aycliffe Lane (solar farm, 7.9 km); Preston Road AD Plant (Waste AD) (anaerobic digestion, 8.9 km); Chilton Energy Plant (biomass, 9.6 km).
Road and street works within 1 km 2 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major Oakley Green, West Auckland Highway improvement works · DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
May 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Leazes Lane, St Helen Auckland Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
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 2025 Pre-application Hope Moor Wind Farm Generating Stations · The development is to be located on an area of moorland approximately 8km to the south of Barnard Castle and 12km north of Richmond across the administrative areas of Durham County Council and North Yorkshire Council. application due in June 2027 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.
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.
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.