South Tyneside Council have rushed this through planning and with superb skill have completely outflanked the opposition to the demolition of the Beacon and build 7 flats on the site when it is obvious to all that there is barely room for 4.
The agent Mr Craig said: “We’re naturally all delighted that the plans have went through without any problems.
We hear that the developer was so broke that he could not afford to run the pub properly and his best option was to close it and hope that he could get planning permission to develop the site. This may not be true of course but it will be interesting to see what happens.