Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council North Tyneside › Neighbourhood New York › Postcode NE29 8RU What's changing near NE29 8RU Within 2 km, around New York in North Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
282 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
-3.6% like-for-like prices in New York, 2024 → 2025 (council +5.1%)
-5% 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 homes 33 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 35 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – Oct 2026
planned Oct 2026 New homes 67 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 12 new homes completed houses · Feb 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 15 new homes completed houses · Apr 2026 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026 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 5 new homes completed houses · Aug 2025
Sept 2025 New homes 14 new homes completed houses · Nov 2024 – Jul 2025
Jul 2025 New homes 9 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 16 m²
18 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE29 8RU 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
1 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
2 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 70 planned, approved or being built and 5 running (70 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Hamar Close & Wallsend Road, High Flatworth - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built
Sept 2024 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 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 North Tyneside General Hospital - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 980 kW
Nov 2021 Rooftop solar Unit A, Merlin Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 680 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Border Control Post, Coble Dene - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Sept 2025 Wind farm Viking Energy Network, Blackett Street - Turbine Repowering Planning application in · 800 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Clarendon, Windmill Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 370 kW
Oct 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 8 permitted works running now or planned, 6 of them major.
Major, planned Coast Road, North Tyneside Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Coast Road, North Tyneside Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Norham Road, North Shields Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Norham Road, North Shields Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Norham Road, North Shields Highway improvement works · NORTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Moor Park Road, North Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Embleton Road, North Shields Utility asset works · NORTHERN POWERGRID (NORTHEAST) PLC · 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, 1.9 km); Howdon STW (other, 3.3 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 4.4 km); Seghill Village Waste Disposal Site phase 1 and 2 (landfill gas, 6.3 km); Regent Street - Solar Photovoltaic Panels (solar farm, 9.8 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.