When UK Docks applied to build an enclosure (shed) covering the slipway off River Drive the Tyne and Wear Development Corporation laid down a few conditions in such a manner as to restrict any expansion of the business while not hindering it.
Besides being in breach of the second condition since the first frame was erected on the 5th of September 2013 they are regularly breach the fifth and the Council do nothing about it.
5. No works, other than the launching or beaching of vessels, shall take place within the shelter between the hours of 7pm and 7am Monday to Saturday and not at all on Sundays or Bank Holidays unless any written consent of variation is previously given by the Development Corporation as local planning authority.