Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council South Tyneside › Neighbourhood Westoe › Postcode NE33 3BJ What's changing near NE33 3BJ Within 2 km, around Westoe in South Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
66 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
318 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.6% like-for-like prices in Westoe, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.6%)
-18% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 19 new homes completed houses · Apr 2025 – Oct 2026
Oct 2026 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · Jul 2026
Jul 2026 New homes 10 new homes completed houses · Feb 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 14 new homes completed 1 flats, 13 houses · Oct 2024 – Mar 2025
Mar 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · Oct 2024 – Feb 2025
Feb 2025 Planning permission Permission for 6 homes 31 Beach Road (full planning permission)
Jan 2024 New school Sept 2022 Planning permission Nov 2021 Planning permission Oct 2021 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.
11 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 20 m²
28 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in NE33 3BJ 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 9 storm overflows within 2 km
544 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
174 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Tudor Road Cso into River Tyne Estuarine Waters 42 spills, 149 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Northumbrian Water Wapping Street Cso into River Tyne Estuarine Waters · near bathing water: Littlehaven Beach 58 spills, 147 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Northumbrian Water Coronation St Cso into River Tyne (Estuary) 19 spills, 112 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Northumbrian Water Harton Low Staithes Cso into Tyne Saline Estuary 24 spills, 73 hours in 2025
1.6 km away Northumbrian Water South Shields Pilot Sps into River Tyne (Tidal) · near bathing water: Littlehaven Beach 14 spills, 43 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Northumbrian Water Howdon Road Cso (Nty 040) into River Tyne 7 spills, 11 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Northumbrian Water West Holborn South Cso into River Tyne Saline Estuary 9 spills, 8 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Northumbrian Water Harton Low Staithes (Mill Dam) Cso into Tyne Saline Estuary 1 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.6 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 50 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (82 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Westoe Crown Primary School, Sea Winnings Way - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Dunes Amusement Arcade, Sea Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 150 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Mortimer community college, Reading Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Nov 2025 Rooftop solar Border Control Post, Coble Dene - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Middlefields Depot, Middlefields Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 520 kW
Feb 2026 Rooftop solar Merchant House Warehouse, Tyne Dock - Solar Photovoltaics Equipment Approved, not yet built · 690 kW
Nov 2023 Battery storage Port Of Tyne, Tyne Dock - Battery Storage Planning application in
Jul 2022 Rooftop solar UTS Engineering, Pilgrimsway - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Oct 2025 Battery storage Church Bank - Battery Storage System Planning application in · 100 MW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar Simonside Industrial Unit, Shaftesbury Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 360 kW
Oct 2024 Road and street works within 1 km 11 permitted works running now or planned, 5 of them major.
Major Horsley Hill Road, South Shields Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Westoe Road, South Shields Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Beach Road, South Shields Optional permit (no fee) e.g. for traffic management etc · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Newmarket Walk, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Derby Terrace, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Standard Anderson Street, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Minor Grosvenor Road, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Immediate - urgent Rear Of Marine Approach, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
Apr 2026 to Oct 2026 Immediate - urgent Rear Of Marine Approach, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Some carriageway incursion
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: Howdon STW (other, 2.0 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 2.9 km); Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 6.7 km); Nissan Test Track (solar farm, 8.4 km); Unipres building (rooftop solar, 9.2 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.