A Hidden Admission – 13 February 2014

March-April 2014

Date Documents
30-Apr Another Resident was having similar problems with the Planning Manager. The correspondence began with the Port of Tyne Tug being taken onto the Slipway, 17-Mar.
25-Apr An apology for the delay. The first item from planning with a reference ID – No.248789.
08-Apr Job No.248789 recorded.
Registration of Complaint 248789
see email to planning 14/1/14.
Mr Dawson asking various questions relating to the ongoing development at the slipway, River Drive, South Shields.
24-Mar Inspection Summary for Erection of Enclosure
1-Jan-01 to 24-Mar-14
20-Mar Reminder to STC that work still continues on the Shed
and Response
& Industrial Site next to Harbour View
17-Mar Port of Tyne tug taken onto the slipway.
14-Mar Misplaced summary?
8-Mar Comment from neighbour
4-Mar Thank you also for confirming that the Slipway Shed is not built to the approved 1996 plans (plans proving the shed is nearly 3m taller than approved). Local Residents Wish List
3-Mar M Dawson – to write to the Council
Questions Raised at meeting held in the Little Haven yacht club
South Shields Boat Club so vociferous in 2001 are noticeably silent.
How and when did the ownership of the wasteland pass to the Wilsons.
Councillor Woods – Notable for his silence on this.
Port of Tyne in collusion with the Wilson’s.

Jan-Feb 2014

Date Document
13-Feb  A hidden admission that the Shed is not built to plan:-
“3. the current structure is not built to approved plans – Any deviation from the approved plans, needs to be considered on a case by case basis.”
Both the Planning Manager and I were referring to drawing number 8296/14. It shows the shed to have a section of 15.6m x 12.2 at the bottom end. 
3-Feb
28-Jan
Dialogue leading to Concession:- The Principal Planning Officer had refused to admit that the cover had not been built to plan and it was beginning to look like the Planning Manager was going to try the same thing with the height alone.
Planning Manager’s Response 2:- Note the use of PROTECT which is used when they are being economical with the truth.
24-Jan Questions Unanswered
19-Jan Clear view of Overhead Crane – a change of use. The enclosure was become a cover for a shipyard crane.  The approved height is about same height as the crane.
15-Jan Planning Manager’s Response 1 – where the complaint  is replaced by a fraudulent misrepresentation using 8296/1A: that the river end has an approved height of 18.2m.
8296/1A shows the hight at that end to be 15.5m
14-Jan Escalation to Planning Manager:- The issues I refer to are the date stamp on drawing no 8296/1A and drawing for application ST/1146/13/COND which is not a match for the current structure. Therefore until I have some satisfactory answers to my very reasonable questions I do not consider this matter closed.
If you are unable to supply me with answers to my questions could you please pass the issue to someone who can.
13-Jan Interception by Case Officer. The complaint that the shed is too tall is removed from the normal complaints procedure.
Work continues with Photograph, notice the lugs for fitting an overhead crane, they are not in the original plans
10-Jan Complaint Initiation, Photograph,
A8296_1A, B8296_1B and
D8296_14