Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council County Durham › Neighbourhood Crook South › Postcode DL15 0DP What's changing near DL15 0DP Within 2 km, around Crook South in County Durham. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
62 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+8.6% like-for-like prices in Crook South, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.4%)
+7% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Jan 2025
Jan 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 6 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 33 m²
21 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in DL15 0DP itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2015 Extended certificate 2015 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 12 storm overflows within 2 km
1,732 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
320 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Newfield Stw into River Wear 96 spills, 698 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Northumbrian Water Sunnybrow Sewage Pumping Station into Holy Well Burn 58 spills, 460 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Northumbrian Water Willington Stw into River Wear 37 spills, 376 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Northumbrian Water Low Willington Park Cso into River Wear 37 spills, 84 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Cso Wv80 Disused Stw Hunwick into Wear 35 spills, 57 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Northumbrian Water Russel Place Cso into Wear Tributary 21 spills, 48 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Northumbrian Water Gardner Avenue Cso into Willington Burn 9 spills, 4 hours in 2025
650 m away Northumbrian Water Newfield Farm Cso into Seasonally Dry Ditch To R.Wear 8 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.6 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 14 planned, approved or being built and 6 running (60 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Addison Road, Toronto - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Feb 2025 Solar farm Toronto Green Energy Park, Addison Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 27 MW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar King James I Academy, South Church Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Bishop Auckland College, Woodhouse Lane - Solar Pv Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Dec 2023 Wind farm Hedley Hope, Tow Law - Wind Turbines Planning application in · 32 MW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Thorn Lighting, Butchers Race - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Aug 2024 Rooftop solar Electrix International, South Church Enterprise Park - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Tesco Store Bishop Auckland Approved, not yet built · 500 kW
Jan 2020 Battery storage Porch House Farm, East Street - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in
Apr 2025 Battery storage South Thinford Lane, Thinford - Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Oct 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 7 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned South Street, Willington Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Fairfield Walk, Sunnybrow Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Lansdown Way, Sunnybrow Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard North Terrace, Willington Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Chapel Street, Willington Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Stop/go boards
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor South View, Sunnybrow Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Saxby Drive, Sunnybrow Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · Give and take
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 Decided decided Jan 2021 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Sept 2018 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: Broom Hill Farm (wind farm, 5.8 km); High Hedley Hope 2 (Extension) (wind farm, 6.9 km); Hedley Hope (wind farm, 6.9 km); West Durham Wind Farm (wind farm, 9.4 km); Chilton Energy Plant (biomass, 9.8 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.