Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council South Tyneside › Neighbourhood Harton West › Postcode NE34 6EA What's changing near NE34 6EA Within 2 km, around Harton West in South Tyneside. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
2 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+7.3% like-for-like prices in Harton West, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.6%)
-26% 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 Sept 2022 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 1 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
18 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 30 m²
29 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in NE34 6EA itself
Extended certificate 2024 Extended certificate 2011 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
0 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
0 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 51 planned, approved or being built and 7 running (82 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Mortimer community college, Reading Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 320 kW
Nov 2025 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 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 Border Control Post, Coble Dene - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Sept 2025 Rooftop solar UTS Engineering, Pilgrimsway - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built
Oct 2025 Rooftop solar Simonside Industrial Unit, Shaftesbury Avenue - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 360 kW
Oct 2024 Battery storage Church Bank - Battery Storage System Planning application in · 100 MW
Sept 2025 Road and street works within 1 km 30 permitted works running now or planned, 27 of them major.
Major, planned School Approach, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Apr 2027 to May 2027 Major, planned The High Road, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Feb 2027 to May 2027 Major, planned Centenary Avenue, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Apr 2027 to May 2027 Major, planned West Avenue, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major, planned Lisle Road, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 Major, planned Hart 6, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Mar 2027 to Apr 2027 Major, planned Hart 6, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Feb 2027 to Feb 2027 Major, planned Moor Lane, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major Moor Lane, South Shields Highway repair and maintenance works · SOUTH TYNESIDE COUNCIL · Road closure
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2016 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: Port of Tyne (battery storage, 3.0 km); Howdon STW (other, 3.3 km); Nissan Test Track (solar farm, 7.6 km); Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 7.8 km); Unipres building (rooftop solar, 8.5 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.