South Shields seafront pub approved for conversion to homes

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 21 Oct, 12:08 · Archive

South Tyneside Council has approved plans to convert the derelict Water's Edge pub into four residential properties.

South Tyneside councillors have unanimously approved plans to convert the derelict Water's Edge pub at Trow Lea into four residential properties. The decision comes after an eight-year planning battle over the site's future.

The pub ceased trading in 2017 and has since fallen into disrepair. Previous proposals to demolish the building and replace it with flats were rejected following hundreds of public objections eight years ago. That refused application went to appeal, but a Government-appointed planning inspector threw out the appeal. The pub site was recently listed for auction, and an application to convert it into homes was submitted in 2023.

Approximately 30 objections were raised to the conversion scheme, with concerns cited about the loss of the public house, reduced privacy for beachgoers, increased lighting, parking pressures, and adverse landscape impacts. Council planners determined the proposals were satisfactory in terms of design, highway safety, coastal erosion, ecology and heritage impacts. Councillor Kate Owens-Palmer highlighted the building's 'depressing decline' in recent years and referenced previous efforts to restore it. The planning committee approved the proposals on 20 October.

How it is being reported

• Plans approved to transform a derelict South Shields seafront pub despite around 30 public objectionsCouncillors have approved the transformation of a former South Shields pub into flats.Shields Gazette · 21 Oct, 11:33
• Future of derelict South Shields seafront pub finally decided after eight-year planning battlePlans to turn the derelict Water's Edge into four homes have been approved, despite concerns about the impact on the coastline and the loss of the former pubChronicleLive · 21 Oct, 10:29

In this story: South Tyneside Council · South Shields · Water's Edge · Kate Owens-Palmer

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