Country England and Wales › Region North East › Council Sunderland › Neighbourhood Albany and Blackfell › Postcode NE9 7SJ What's changing near NE9 7SJ Within 2 km, around Albany and Blackfell in Sunderland. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
71 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
40 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.4% like-for-like prices in Albany and Blackfell, 2024 → 2025 (council +3.9%)
-20% 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 homes 41 new homes completed houses · Mar 2025 – Jun 2026
Jun 2026 New homes 6 new homes completed houses · Oct 2025 – May 2026
May 2026 New homes 18 new homes completed houses · Jun 2025 – Dec 2025
Dec 2025 School closed School closed: Cumbric Other independent school, other independent school (closure)
Feb 2023 New school New school: Cumbric Other independent school, other independent school
Oct 2021 Planning permission Mar 2021 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 6 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
10 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 23 m²
13 since energy certificates began (2008)
0 in NE9 7SJ 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 3 storm overflows within 2 km
50 hours of spills in 2025 between them (typical neighbourhood: about 36)
24 spill events counted
Northumbrian Water 4 Aycliffe Avenue Cso into Don 19 spills, 49 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Lanchester Avenue Cso into River Don 5 spills, 1 hours in 2025
1.2 km away Northumbrian Water Woodwynd Cso into Don 0 spills, 0 hours in 2025
1.6 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 81 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (60 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Battery storage Stephenson Road - Micro Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Mar 2025 Rooftop solar The Galleries, Washington Town Centre - Solar PV Panels Approved, not yet built · 600 kW
Jun 2026 Rooftop solar Encore Envelopes Limited, Industrial Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 510 kW
Dec 2023 Rooftop solar Stephenson Industrial Estate, Rutherford Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 210 kW
Mar 2026 Rooftop solar Snop, Rainhill Road - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 1 MW
Sept 2023 Rooftop solar Washington Primary Care Centre, Parkway - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jan 2026 Rooftop solar Birtley Building Products - Solar PV Array Approved, not yet built · 580 kW
Aug 2025 Rooftop solar NCL1, Follingsby Lane - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 4 MW
Apr 2023 Rooftop solar Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Sheriff Hill - Solar Arrays Approved, not yet built · 460 kW
Apr 2022 Rooftop solar Spire Road - Solar Array Approved, not yet built · 250 kW
Mar 2022 Road and street works within 1 km 4 permitted works running now or planned, 2 of them major.
Major, planned Donvale Road, Washington Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Major Donvale Road, Washington Highway improvement works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Road closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Springwell Road, Gateshead Highway repair and maintenance works · SUNDERLAND CITY COUNCIL · Lane closure
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026 Minor Oxford Avenue, Washington Remedial 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 Sept 2018 Decided decided Jul 2020 Decided decided Jan 2016 Decided decided Jul 2013 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: PG4 St Bedes Power Generation (Extension 2) (landfill gas, 3.7 km); PG4 St Bedes Power Generation (landfill gas, 3.8 km); Kibblesworth Landfill Site (landfill gas, 3.8 km); PG4 St Bedes Power Generation (Extension) (landfill gas, 3.8 km); Unipres building (rooftop solar, 4.2 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.