Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council South Tyneside › Neighbourhood Horsley Hill › Postcode NE34 7JB What's changing near NE34 7JB Within 2 km, around Horsley Hill 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
+0.7% like-for-like prices in Horsley Hill, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.6%)
-0% 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 No new homes (5+ in a postcode), planning permissions or school changes recorded within 2 km.
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.
7 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 18 m²
11 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in NE34 7JB 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
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 41 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 Rooftop solar Border Control Post, Coble Dene - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Sept 2025 Battery storage Port Of Tyne, Tyne Dock - Battery Storage Planning application in
Jul 2022 Solar farm E/o the Academy Of Light, Sunderland Road - Solar Farm Planning application in · 40 MW
Jul 2024 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 Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned, 3 of them major.
Major, planned Centenary Avenue, South Shields Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Apr 2027 to May 2027 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 Minor Prince Edward Road, South Shields Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Multi-way signals
Nov 2026 to Nov 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 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: Howdon STW (other, 3.9 km); Port of Tyne (battery storage, 4.1 km); Nissan Test Track (solar farm, 8.2 km); Tynemouth Energy Storage System (TESS) (battery storage, 8.7 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.