SOUTH Tyneside Council has pledged to keep tabs on building work at a huge industrial shed which is blocking riverside views.
The 36ft-high structure is just yards from homes in Harbour View, South Shields.
The first residents knew of the development was when it emerged almost overnight at the Tyne Slipway.
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Gazette: Monday 09 September 2013
RIVERSIDE residents in South Tyneside are up in arms after work began on a huge industrial shed – 17 years after planning permission was granted.
The 36ft-high structure is being built just yards from their homes in Harbour View, South Shields, and householders were stunned when the steel structure emerged almost overnight at the Tyne Slipway.
Continue reading Anger as development begins 17 years on
Not a typo. The picture was taken on a trip to Amsterdam in 2010 and it clearly shows six sets of footings which were laid in February 2001. It appears that the original planning permission was granted for the slipway cover on condition that the business was not allowed to grow any bigger in an area primarily intended for residential and leisure use. The sale of land downstream to Mr and Mrs Wilson, former Velva Liquids, apparently has covenants restricting the use of the land as well.
Continue reading Footings 2010 (laid in 2001)