Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Gateshead › Neighbourhood Windy Nook & Whitehills › Postcode NE10 8QT What's changing near NE10 8QT Within 2 km, around Windy Nook & Whitehills in Gateshead. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
51 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
11 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+11.9% like-for-like prices in Windy Nook & Whitehills, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.6%)
+2% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 41 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jun 2025
Jun 2025 School closed School closed: Colegate Community Primary School Community school, primary (closure)
Dec 2024 Planning permission Apr 2024 School closed School closed: Cumbric Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Feb 2023 New school New school: Cumbric Other independent school, other independent school
Oct 2021 New school Aug 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 5 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
4 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
8 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in NE10 8QT itself
Extended certificate 2026 Extended certificate 2018 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 5 storm overflows within 2 km
50 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
25 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water 4 Aycliffe Avenue Cso into Don 19 spills, 49 hours in 2025
750 m away Northumbrian Water Lanchester Avenue Cso into River Don 5 spills, 1 hours in 2025
750 m away Northumbrian Water Grassbanks Cso into Don 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 km away Northumbrian Water Woodwynd Cso into Don 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
450 m away Northumbrian Water Sheraton Cso into Don 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 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 93 planned, approved or being built and 10 running (58 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Sheriff Hill - Solar Arrays Approved, not yet built · 460 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar NCL1, Follingsby Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 4 MW
Apr 2023 Battery storage Stephenson Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Big Yellow Self Storage - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Donwood Double Glazing, Stonehills Buildings - Unit A23 - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 190 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar Stephenson Industrial Estate, Rutherford Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Snop, Rainhill Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Robert Duncan Timber Limited, Green Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Jan 2023 Rooftop solar Unit 1, Walker Riverside, Wincomblee Road -Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 270 kW
Jan 2025 Solar farm Neilson Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array Approved, not yet built · 940 kW
Dec 2021 Road and street works within 1 km 64 permitted works running now or planned, 62 of them major.
Major, planned Rickgarth Nos 2 -20 And 1 - 7 Footpaths, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Rickgarth Nos 2 -20 And 1 - 7 Footpaths, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Rickgarth Nos 22 - 28 And 41 - 59 Footpaths, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Rickgarth Nos 22 - 28 And 41 - 59 Footpaths, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Glynfellis, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Rickgarth Nos 9 - 39 Access, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Glynfellis Nos 2 To 20 And Lecondale Nos 1 To 27 And Rickgarth Nos 2 To 28 Access, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Glynfellis Nos 2 To 20 And Lecondale Nos 1 To 27 And Rickgarth Nos 2 To 28 Access, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Glynfellis, Felling Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jan 2021 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Jul 2013 Decided decided Jan 2015 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: Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 4.4 km); Unipres building (rooftop solar, 4.6 km); Kibblesworth Landfill Site (landfill gas, 4.9 km); Nissan Wind Farm (wind farm, 5.0 km); Nissan Motors Plant Extn (wind farm, 5.0 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.