Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Northumberland › Neighbourhood Holywell & Hartley › Postcode NE25 0RW What's changing near NE25 0RW Within 2 km, around Holywell & Hartley in Northumberland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
152 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.5% like-for-like prices in Holywell & Hartley, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
-7% 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 60 new homes completed houses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 32 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · May 2026 – Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Apr 2026
Apr 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Nov 2025 – Jan 2026
Jan 2026 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Aug 2025
Aug 2025 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
3 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
6 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE25 0RW 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 2 storm overflows within 2 km
110 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
23 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Lysndon Farm Cso into Lysdon Burn (Coastal Stream) · near bathing water: Blyth South Beach 19 spills, 108 hours in 2025
1000 m away Northumbrian Water Mountford Road Cso into Uunamed Trib Of Lysdon Burn 4 spills, 2 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 39 planned, approved or being built and 8 running (71 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
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 Bede Academy North, Sixth Avenue - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 450 kW
Dec 2025 Solar farm Low Horton Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2022 Battery storage Low Horton - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Jan 2025 Rooftop solar Blyth Academy, Chase Farm Drive - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 610 kW
Nov 2025 Solar farm Backworth Lane, Backworth - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 28 MW
May 2023 Rooftop solar Sterling Pharma Solutions - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
May 2026 Rooftop solar Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 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 Jul 2013 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Jan 2015 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2021 Decided 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, 2.6 km); Blyth Harbour Wind Farm (wind farm, 4.9 km); Blyth Harbour Wind Farm (re-power) (wind farm, 5.2 km); Blyth Sewage Treatment Works (solar farm, 5.5 km); Cramlington CHP (biomass, 6.5 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.
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.