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
8storm overflows within 2 km
368hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
102spill events counted
Northumbrian Water
Seaton North Hotel Cso (Wk013)into Rowlington Burn(R Wansbeck)43 spills, 169 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Northumbrian Water
Ashington Cso Park Road Wk 006into Blackclose Burn (R.Wansbeck)24 spills, 151 hours in 2025
1.2 km away
Northumbrian Water
East Ford Road Ps Emergency Overflointo River Wansbeck11 spills, 23 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Northumbrian Water
North Seaton Level Crossing Csointo River Wansbeck(Saline Estuary)3 spills, 16 hours in 2025
1.8 km away
Northumbrian Water
Green Lane Cso 9(Wk 008)into Wansbeck, Tributary Of6 spills, 7 hours in 2025
Permission for 25 homesFormer St Aidans Rc First School Norham Road Ashington (full planning permission)
Apr 2021 1.3 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 24 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Solar farm
Broadway House Farm Solar FarmApproved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2023 6.6 km away
Battery storage
Broadway House Farm Solar FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2023 6.6 km away
Running nearest: Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) (wind farm, 2.8 km); Lynemouth Power Station (biomass, 3.5 km); Bewick Drift (wind farm, 3.7 km); North East Grains Site (anaerobic digestion, 4.4 km); Blyth Sewage Treatment Works (solar farm, 5.8 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Major
Sycamore Street, AshingtonUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · No carriageway incursion
Sept 2026 to Nov 2026 900 m away
Major
Maple Street Back Lane 253-297, AshingtonUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
Major
U6523 U6524 U6525 U6526 U6527 Chestnut Street Back Lane, AshingtonUtility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Give and take
Sept 2026 to Oct 2026 900 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
decided Jan 2021 29.9 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.