Government Office for the North East

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping-up of areas of highway in the vicinity of Bottle Bank, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear. If the Order is made, the stopping-up will be authorised only in order to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted to Alan J. Smith Partnership on behalf of Collingwood Properties Ltd., by the Council of the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough on 15th July 1999, under Ref. 477/98 DM. Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected, at all reasonable hours, during 28 days commencing on 30th July 1999, at the offices of Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead NE8 1HH, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Secretary of State at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (quoting Ref. GO-NE/99/5038/35/09) at the address stated below. Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 30th July 1999, by notice to the Secretary of State, quoting the above reference, at the offices of the Director Planning, Environment and Transport, Government Office for the North East, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4TD. In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the objector about it. M. J. Bradley, a Senior Executive Officer in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions Schedule The planning permission granted is for the erection of 250 bed hotel, office block with roof top restaurant, replacement building (restaurant) at eastern end of north side of Half Moon Lane and conversion of Nos. 10-30 Half Moon Lane from shops, office and public house to restaurant, public house and offices.