Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Northumberland › Neighbourhood Ashington Hirst › Postcode NE63 8SB What's changing near NE63 8SB Within 2 km, around Ashington Hirst in Northumberland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
34 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
43 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+15.3% like-for-like prices in Ashington Hirst, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.7%)
-22% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first New homes 11 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 9 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 5 new homes completed houses · May 2025
May 2025 Planning permission Jul 2024 Planning permission Apr 2024 Planning permission Jun 2022 Planning permission Apr 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
5 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 22 m²
10 since energy certificates began (2008)
2 in NE63 8SB itself
Extended certificate 2025 Extended certificate 2024 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 7 storm overflows within 2 km
183 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
57 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water Ashington Cso Park Road Wk 006 into Blackclose Burn (R.Wansbeck) 24 spills, 151 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water East Ford Road Ps Emergency Overflo into River Wansbeck 11 spills, 23 hours in 2025
1.9 km away Northumbrian Water Green Lane Cso 9(Wk 008) into Wansbeck, Tributary Of 6 spills, 7 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Northumbrian Water Ashington Drive Cso Hlf Moon Rndbwt into Wansbeck Estuary 6 spills, 2 hours in 2025
1.8 km away Northumbrian Water Park Road & Green Lane Cso into Wansbeck, Tributary Of 5 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water South Green Lane Cso into Blackclose Dene 4 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.3 km away Northumbrian Water Bothal Cottages into Unnamed Trib Of R Wansbeck 1 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.7 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 22 planned, approved or being built and 12 running (489 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Rooftop solar Ashington Leisure Centre - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 220 kW
Dec 2024 Anaerobic digestion Ellington Road - Anaerobic Digestion Facility Approved, not yet built
Jul 2023 Rooftop solar Lynx Precast, Lynefield Park - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 490 kW
Dec 2025 Battery storage High Brockland Farm, Brock Lane - Battery Energy Storage System Approved, not yet built · 70 MW
Jan 2026 Battery storage West Sleekburn - Battery Storage Compound Approved, not yet built · 30 MW
Oct 2022 Solar farm Ellington South Site, Lynemouth Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Mar 2023 Wind farm East Sleekburn - Wind Farm Approved, not yet built
Nov 2024 Battery storage Burnt House Farm, Nedderton Village - Battery Energy Storage System Planning application in · 50 MW
Apr 2025 Solar farm Burnt House Farm - Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 50 MW
Nov 2022 Rooftop solar Factory C, Coniston Road - Roof repairs & PV Array Planning application in
Jun 2023 Road and street works within 1 km 9 permitted works running now or planned, 4 of them major.
Major North Seaton Road, Ashington Utility repair and maintenance works · EE Ltd · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major, planned Cavendish Terrace, Ashington Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Road closure
Jan 2027 to Jan 2027 Major, planned Third Avenue, Ashington Works for road purposes · NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Major, planned Milburn Road, Ashington Works for road purposes · NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL · Road closure
Nov 2026 to Dec 2026 Standard Station Road Back, Ashington Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Beamsley Terrace, Ashington Utility asset works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Standard Chestnut Street Hawthorn Road Back Lane, Ashington Utility repair and maintenance works · NORTHUMBRIAN WATER · Give and take
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Rotary Parkway, Ashington Works for road purposes · NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Wansbeck Business Park, Ashington Works for road purposes · NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COUNCIL · No carriageway incursion
Nov 2026 to Nov 2026 Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jul 2013 Decided decided Jan 2015 Decided decided May 2024 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 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: Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) (wind farm, 3.0 km); Bewick Drift (wind farm, 3.7 km); Lynemouth Power Station (biomass, 3.7 km); North East Grains Site (anaerobic digestion, 3.8 km); Blyth Sewage Treatment Works (solar farm, 6.2 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.