Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood Forest Hall & West Moor › Postcode NE12 7PB What's changing near NE12 7PB Within 2 km, around Forest Hall & West Moor in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
133 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 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 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 school Jun 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 Planning permission Jul 2022 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.
6 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 32 m²
14 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE12 7PB 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 91 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 Mylord Crescent, Camperdown Industrial Estate, Unit 12 - Solar PV system Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 Solar farm Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
May 2023 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 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Castles Farm Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Gosforth Academy, Knightsbridge - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Gosforth Academy - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 580 kW
Dec 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 13 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major Great Lime Road, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Sept 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 Glebe Villas, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Glebe Road, Forest Hall Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Station Road, Killingworth Works for Rail Purposes · NETWORK RAIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Benton Lane, Longbenton Highway improvement works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Lane closure
Mar 2027 to Oct 2028 Standard Glebe Crescent, Forest Hall Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Benton Lane, Longbenton Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Harriot Drive, West Moor Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 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, 4.6 km); Seghill Village Waste Disposal Site phase 1 and 2 (landfill gas, 4.6 km); Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 7.8 km); Brenkley Landfill (landfill gas, 7.9 km); Cramlington CHP (biomass, 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.