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
4storm overflows within 2 km
205hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
80spill 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
Glaxo West Csointo River Wansbeck (Saline Estuar)23 spills, 22 hours in 2025
1.9 km away
Northumbrian Water
Lyndhurst Road Csointo River Wansbeck · near bathing water: Newbiggin North; Newbiggin South14 spills, 14 hours in 2025
1.7 km away
Northumbrian Water
20 Wansbeck Streetinto Wansbeck Estuary0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
Permission for 25 homesFormer St Aidans Rc First School Norham Road Ashington (full planning permission)
Apr 2021 1.6 km away
New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 25 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
Broadway House Farm Solar FarmApproved, not yet built
Nov 2023 6.9 km away
Rooftop solar
Bede Academy North, Sixth Avenue - Solar PV PanelsApproved, not yet built · 450 kW
Dec 2025 6.9 km away
Running nearest: Lynemouth Windfarm (Resubmission) (wind farm, 2.5 km); Lynemouth Power Station (biomass, 3.1 km); Bewick Drift (wind farm, 4.2 km); Blyth Sewage Treatment Works (solar farm, 5.1 km); North East Grains Site (anaerobic digestion, 6.1 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 Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
decided Jan 2021 29.7 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.