Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood Holystone & Benton › Postcode NE12 9NY What's changing near NE12 9NY Within 2 km, around Holystone & Benton in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
373 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
12 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+6.3% like-for-like prices in Holystone & Benton, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-3% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New school New school: Balliol Primary School Academy sponsor led, primary
planned Jan 2027 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 26 new homes completed houses · Mar 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 30 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed 8 flats, 12 houses · Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 79 new homes completed 12 flats, 67 houses · Jun 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – 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 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
Nov 2025 12 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
26 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE12 9NY 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 100 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (100 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Quorum Building, Benton Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2026 Solar farm Benton Lane, Quorum Business Park - Solar Panels Planning application in · 8 MW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Corchester Walk - Solar Photovoltaic Panels & Air Sourced Heat Pumps Approved, not yet built · 180 kW
May 2022 Battery storage Planet Place, Stephenson Industrial Estate - Unit 27 - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar YHN House, Benton Park Road- Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Armadillo Self Storage, Heaton - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jun 2025 Rooftop solar David Lloyd Leisure, Castles Farm Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 330 kW
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Ravenswood Primary School, Ravenswood Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Benfield School, Benfield Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 410 kW
Aug 2023 Rooftop solar Benfield School, Benfield Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 230 kW
Aug 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
Major, planned Whitley Road, Benton Highway improvement works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Hailsham Avenue, Longbenton Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Benton Lane, Longbenton Utility asset works · NWP STREET LTD (formerly New World Payphones Ltd) · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 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 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, 5.7 km); Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 6.6 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 8.2 km); Howdon STW (other, 8.6 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.