Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood Howdon › Postcode NE28 0QJ What's changing near NE28 0QJ Within 2 km, around Howdon in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
115 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.6% like-for-like prices in Howdon, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-25% 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 planned Feb 2027 New school New school: Churchill Academy Academy sponsor led, secondary
Sept 2026 New homes 21 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 New homes 23 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 16 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 24 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 8 new homes completed houses · Jan 2025 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 New school Jan 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024
Dec 2024 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 12 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
3 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 21 m²
11 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in NE28 0QJ 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
266 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
100 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Burn Closes Cso into Wallsend Burn Estuarine Waters 54 spills, 201 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Northumbrian Water Church Bank Cso into Wallsend Burn Saline Estuary 26 spills, 38 hours in 2025
1.4 km away Northumbrian Water Killingworth Wagonway Cso into Wallsend Burn 20 spills, 27 hours in 2025
1.7 km 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 80 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (80 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Venus Park, Trading Estate - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Sept 2022 Battery storage Standby Embedded Stor Power Plant - Battery storage Being built · 20 MW
Oct 2022 Battery storage Hamar Close & Wallsend Road, High Flatworth - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Sept 2024 Rooftop solar Unit B, Merlin Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 660 kW
Nov 2023 Rooftop solar Unit C, Merlin Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Unit A, Merlin Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 680 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Soil Machine Dynamic, Davy Bank - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Feb 2024 Rooftop solar Clarendon, Windmill Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Oct 2025 Wind farm Viking Energy Network, Blackett Street - Turbine Repowering Planning application in · 800 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar North Tyneside General Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 980 kW
Nov 2021 Road and street works within 1 km 5 permitted works running now or planned.
Standard Coast Road, North Tyneside Highway repair and maintenance works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Savory Road, Wallsend Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Murray Road, Wallsend Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Coast Road, North Tyneside Section 50 · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor The Silverlink, Wallsend Section 50 · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
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, 2.2 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 4.5 km); Howdon STW (other, 4.6 km); Seghill Village Waste Disposal Site phase 1 and 2 (landfill gas, 6.5 km); Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 8.2 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.