New housing in North Tyneside Council
We read North Tyneside Council's planning register every day. We hold 9,255 of its planning applications going back to 2007, and 53 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 65% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below the 75% at which national policy treats it as having an unmet need for housing.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 65% (2025): presumption
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 9,255
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 53 | 45 | 2 |
| 2024 | 35 | 29 | 3 |
| 2023 | 49 | 43 | 3 |
| 2022 | 40 | 31 | 1 |
| 2021 | 35 | 27 | 3 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 445 | Land At Killingworth Moor Killingworth Lane Killingworth Newcastle Upon Tyne Outline application with all matters reserved for up to 445 dwellings with associated roads, parking, landscaping, drainage and open space (response to Active Travel England comments and updated indicative site layout… 24/00010/OUTES | Decided | 4 Jan 2024 |
| 310 | Land East Of North Villas And North Of Meadowbank Dudley Northumberland Outline planning application, with all matters except access reserved, for the development of up to 310 dwellings including associated infrastructure, landscaping, demolition and relocation of substation 26/01118/OUTM | Decided | 31 Jul 2026 |
| 214 | Tyneview Park Whitley Road Benton Newcastle Upon Tyne NE98 1BA Residential development of 214 dwellings (use class C3) with access, landscaping and associated works (Amended plans received 21.10.26). 26/01153/FULM | Decided | 12 Aug 2026 |
| 138 | Land At Former Tyne Brand Building Tanners Bank North Shields Tyne And Wear Redevelopment of site to deliver 138 residential units, 203sqm of Class E flexible commercial floorspace within Use Class E. Creation of new vehicular and pedestrian access, under-croft car park and surface parking… 25/01299/FULM | Decided | 17 Oct 2025 |
| 82 | Land South Of Roddam Close Backworth Newcastle Upon Tyne Development of 82 residential dwellings, together with access roads, car parking, gardens, landscaping areas, SuDS and other ancillary works (Additional information 17.11.2025) 25/01213/FULM | Decided | 24 Sept 2025 |
| 48 | 160 - 256 Howdon Road & 1 - 12 Henderson Court North Shields Tyne And Wear Refurbishment of 48 dwellings at Howdon road and 12 dwellings at Henderson Court, to include staircase extensions at Howdon Road, fabric improvements and improvements to external works with additional car parking 26/00347/FUL | Approved | 6 Mar 2026 |
| 47 | Queen Alexandra College Queen Alexandra Road West North Shields Tyne And Wear NE29 9BZ Redevelopment of former Tynemet College site, including demolition of modern college buildings and construction of 47no. Dwellings and associated hard and soft landscaping works 24/01627/FULM | Approved | 17 Dec 2024 |
| 43 | Land At Former Smiths Dock Duke Street North Shields Tyne And Wear Full planning permission for infilling of former Bullring Docks 4 and 6 together with the erection of 43 residential dwellings, associated open space, parking, access and ancillary works 26/01383/FULM | Decided | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 37 | Land At Backworth Business Park Eccleston Close Backworth Newcastle Upon Tyne Demolition of existing buildings and construction of 37 residential dwellings (Use Class C3(a)) with associated road infrastructure, car parking, gardens, landscaping and other ancillary works (Amended description… 24/00172/FULM | Refused | 15 Feb 2024 |
| 36 | Land To West Of Benton Lane Including Church Of St Peter & St Paul Site Longbenton Newcastle Upon Tyne The construction of 36 no. residential dwellings consisting of apartments, bungalows and houses for social housing (Amended plans / documents 14.07.2025) 25/00503/FULM | Approved | 29 Apr 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: North Tyneside Council's online planning register, last read 12 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.