Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Newcastle upon Tyne › Neighbourhood Shieldfield & Quayside › Postcode NE1 2BJ What's changing near NE1 2BJ Within 2 km, around Shieldfield & Quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
455 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
2,511 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-6.9% like-for-like prices in Shieldfield & Quayside, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.0%)
-4% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 40 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Sep 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 20 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed 9 flats, 1 houses · Aug 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed flats · Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Dec 2024 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Dec 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 69 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed 4 flats, 8 houses · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026 13 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
30 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE1 2BJ 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 30 storm overflows within 2 km
3,135 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
782 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Glasshouse Street Ps into River Tyne, North Sea 128 spills, 1,354 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Spillers Sewage Pumping Station into River Tyne Saline Estuary 57 spills, 255 hours in 2025
700 m away Northumbrian Water South Shore Road Cso into Tyne Saline Estuary 86 spills, 248 hours in 2025
450 m away Northumbrian Water Broad Chare Cso into Tyne Estuary 43 spills, 247 hours in 2025
700 m away Northumbrian Water South Shore Road East Sps into River Tyne, North Sea 62 spills, 191 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Milk Market Pumping Station into Tyne Estuary 29 spills, 145 hours in 2025
750 m away Northumbrian Water Ouseburn West Ps into River Tyne Saline Estuary 38 spills, 129 hours in 2025
250 m away Northumbrian Water Newcastle Upon Tyne Cso into River Tyne (Tidal) 22 spills, 111 hours in 2025
400 m 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 101 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (84 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ouseburn Trust, Lime Street - Solar Panels & ASHPs Planning application in · 280 kW
May 2026 Solar farm Albany Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 2 MW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Newington Road West Depot - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Feb 2022 Rooftop solar Hadrian Square - Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 300 kW
Sept 2021 Solar farm Neilson Road - Solar Photovoltaic Array Approved, not yet built · 940 kW
Dec 2021 Rooftop solar Responsive Engineering, Scotswood Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Apr 2025 Rooftop solar Royal Grammar School, Eskdale Terrace - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 470 kW
Mar 2023 Rooftop solar Newcastle University, Robinson Library - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2022 Rooftop solar Students Union Building - Solar Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Newcastle University, Boiler House - Roof Mounted Photovoltaic Panels Approved, not yet built · 630 kW
Aug 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 11 permitted works running now or planned, 9 of them major.
Major, planned Dunn Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne Works for road purposes · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Dunn Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne Works for road purposes · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Simpson Terrace, Newcastle Upon Tyne Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Heaton Park Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Dec 2026 Major Lombard Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Aug 2024 to Jun 2028 Major Quayside, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Aug 2024 to Jun 2028 Major Akenside Hill, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Aug 2024 to Jun 2028 Major Tyne Bridge, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Jan 2024 to May 2028 Major Queen Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne Highway repair and maintenance works · NEWCASTLE CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jan 2021 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 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, 1.5 km); Kibblesworth Landfill Site (landfill gas, 7.7 km); Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 8.3 km); Path Head (landfill gas, 8.7 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 8.7 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.