Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood Forest Hall & West Moor › Postcode NE12 7JX What's changing near NE12 7JX Within 2 km, around Forest Hall & West Moor in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
403 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
34 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.2% like-for-like prices in Forest Hall & West Moor, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
+4% 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 school New school: Balliol Primary School Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027 New homes 82 new homes completed 12 flats, 70 houses · Jun 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 33 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 27 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed 8 flats, 12 houses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Feb 2026
Feb 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 29 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 11 new homes completed houses · Sep 2025 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Nov 2025
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
19 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE12 7JX itself
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 1 storm overflows within 2 km
165 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
29 spill events counted
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 94 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (104 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Planet Place, Stephenson Industrial Estate - Unit 27 - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in
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 Rooftop solar Corchester Walk - Solar Photovoltaic Panels & Air Sourced Heat Pumps Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
May 2022 Rooftop solar YHN House, Benton Park Road- Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Dec 2021 Solar farm Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Mylord Crescent, Camperdown Industrial Estate, Unit 12 - Solar PV system Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Castles Farm Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Armadillo Self Storage, Heaton - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar Gosforth Academy, Knightsbridge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Road and street works within 1 km 6 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major Glebe Road, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Glebe Villas, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Myrtle Crescent, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Great Lime Road, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Multi-way signals
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 Jan 2016 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2021 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: Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 4.3 km); Seghill Village Waste Disposal Site phase 1 and 2 (landfill gas, 4.9 km); Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 7.4 km); Brenkley Landfill (landfill gas, 8.4 km); Cramlington CHP (biomass, 8.8 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.