Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Northumberland › Neighbourhood Prudhoe › Postcode NE42 6JX What's changing near NE42 6JX Within 2 km, around Prudhoe in Northumberland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
37 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
8 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+4.4% like-for-like prices in Prudhoe, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
-18% 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-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 3 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 37 m²
17 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in NE42 6JX 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 8 storm overflows within 2 km
135 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
88 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Ovington Cso Td034 into Trib Cockermere Burn 35 spills, 83 hours in 2025
2.0 km away Northumbrian Water Mary Magdalene No3 Cso (Td037) into Unnamed Trib Of River Tyne 21 spills, 36 hours in 2025
1.0 km away Northumbrian Water Ovingham Pumping Station Eo/Cso into Whittle Burn, Trib Of Tyne 7 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.1 km away Northumbrian Water Andrews House into Tyne (Unamed Trib.) 10 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Riding Dene Cso into Tributary Of Tyne 7 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Northumbrian Water Prudhoe Cso 4 into Otter Burn 8 spills, 1 hours in 2025
100 m away Northumbrian Water Eltringham Cso into Cold Kettle Burn 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
350 m away Northumbrian Water Adderlane School Cso (Td035) into Adderlane Gill Trib Park Burn 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.9 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 12 planned, approved or being built and 4 running (18 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Salem Tubes, Regents Drive - Solar PV Equipment Approved, not yet built · 340 kW
Sept 2023 Solar farm Greenhead Energy Park Planning application in · 50 MW
May 2024 Battery storage Greenhead Energy Park Planning application in · 13 MW
May 2024 Solar farm Highfield Energy Park Appeal lodged · 40 MW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Highfield Energy Park Appeal lodged · 13 MW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Bailey House, Stargate Industrial Estate - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 160 kW
Jan 2026 Battery storage Newburn Bridge Road - Battery Storage Facility Approved, not yet built · 100 MW
Mar 2022 Solar farm Gas Governor Station Solar System Approved, not yet built · 260 kW
Apr 2022 Battery storage Newburn BESS - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 90 MW
May 2024 Rooftop solar Walbottle Campus Technology College Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Jun 2021 Rooftop solar Warburtons, Shelley Road - Solar Panels
Road and street works within 1 km 3 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major U8282 Errington Place Footway, Prudhoe Utility repair and maintenance works · BT · No carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned C254 Ovington To Ovingham, Ovingham Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Mar 2027 to Mar 2027 Standard Highfield, Prudhoe Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · No 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 2021 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 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: Burnhills Landfill Scheme (L4) (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Burnhills Landfill (L5) (landfill gas, 7.0 km); Kiln Pit Hill Windfarm (wind farm, 8.5 km); Path Head (landfill gas, 8.9 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.