Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood Fordley › Postcode NE12 6FS What's changing near NE12 6FS Within 2 km, around Fordley in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
158 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
22 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+12.8% like-for-like prices in Fordley, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-29% 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 homes 27 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 44 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 38 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 24 new homes completed houses · May 2025 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025
Apr 2025 Planning permission Permission for 22 homes Grasmere Court, Swindale Drive, Killingworth (Former West House PH) (permission in principle) Apr 2023 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 10 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
7 since energy certificates began (2008)
3 in NE12 6FS itself
Extended certificate 2023 Extended certificate 2018 Extended certificate 2014 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 No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
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 89 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (104 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
May 2023 Battery storage Planet Place, Stephenson Industrial Estate - Unit 27 - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar Mylord Crescent, Camperdown Industrial Estate, Unit 12 - Solar PV system Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 Solar farm Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels Planning application in · 8 MW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Quorum Building, Benton Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Solar farm Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre -Solar Panels Planning application in · 6 MW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre - BESS Planning application in
Dec 2025 Solar farm Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre - Solar Panels Planning application in · 6 MW
Dec 2025 Battery storage Seghill Household Waste Recovery Centre - BESS Planning application in
Dec 2025 Rooftop solar Sterling Pharma Solutions - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026 Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Citadel East, Killingworth Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Killingworth Way, Killingworth Highway improvement works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Citadel East, Killingworth Utility asset works · Aurora Utilities Limited · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Backworth Lane, Backworth Highway improvement works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 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 Jan 2016 Decided decided Jul 2013 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2021 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: Seghill Village Waste Disposal Site phase 1 and 2 (landfill gas, 2.9 km); Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 3.6 km); Cramlington CHP (biomass, 7.7 km); Brenkley Landfill (landfill gas, 8.3 km); MSD Cramlington (wind farm, 8.3 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.