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
9storm overflows within 2 km
397hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
102spill events counted
Northumbrian Water
Hexham Sewage Treatment Worksinto River Tyne43 spills, 317 hours in 2025
500 m away
Northumbrian Water
Woodlands Spsinto Trib Of The River Tyne17 spills, 42 hours in 2025
350 m away
Northumbrian Water
Peth Head Psinto Tyne22 spills, 29 hours in 2025
1000 m away
Northumbrian Water
Anick Grange Spsinto Tyne Trib2 spills, 6 hours in 2025
1.3 km away
Northumbrian Water
Anick Cso Td006into Unnamed Trib River Tyne9 spills, 3 hours in 2025
7 planned, approved or being built and 1 running (2 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm
Acomb Village, Acomb - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 990 kW
Dec 2025 3.6 km away
Solar farm
Fourstones Substation, Fourstones - Solar Farm & Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 32 MW
May 2025 8.0 km away
Battery storage
Fourstones Substation, Fourstones - Solar Farm & Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in
May 2025 8.0 km away
Rooftop solar
Halfway House, Lincoln Hill - Solar ArrayApproved, not yet built · 1 MW
Jul 2023 8.6 km away
Battery storage
Halfway House, Lincoln Hill - Energy StorageApproved, not yet built · 3 MW
Jul 2023 8.6 km away
Solar farm
Fourstones - Solar ParkPlanning application in · 50 MW
Aug 2025 9.5 km away
Battery storage
Fourstones -Battery Energy StoragePlanning application in · 60 MW
Aug 2025 9.5 km away
Running nearest: Land South East Of Water Treatment Works Bridge End (anaerobic digestion, 650 m).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Road and street works within 1 km
No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
Pre-application
Ray II Wind FarmGenerating Stations · Ray II Wind Farm project is located in Northumberland, adjacent (north) to the existing
Ray Wind Farm, approximately 1 km south of Raylees.
application due June 2027 25.2 km away
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.
The longer view
Like-for-like prices in Hexham & Acomb: +28% over five years (2020 → 2025).
Council tax list: 10 homes added in the neighbourhood since April 2024.