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After Tyne and Wear County Council was abolished in April 1986, Gateshead Council took on significant extra responsibilities from the county council and the old town hall was considered inadequate for the expanded role. [2] The new building, which was designed by the borough's Director of Architecture, D W Robson, was completed in 1987. [3]
Gateshead Council leader Martin Gannon said demolition would be "a really complex, difficult piece of work". Mr Gannon said the flyover had to be routinely inspected every week due to its age.
The town of Gateshead was an ancient borough, having been granted a charter in 1164 from Hugh Pudsey, the Bishop of Durham. [5] The borough's functions were relatively limited until 1836, when it was made a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which standardised how most boroughs operated across the country.
Gateshead was a district of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county. [1] The Local Government Act 1985 abolished the metropolitan counties, with metropolitan districts taking on most of their powers as metropolitan boroughs. Gateshead Council has continuously been under Labour control since its creation.
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The building remained the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead until the council moved to Gateshead Civic Centre in Regent Street in 1987. [3] The town hall was occupied by the Microelectronics Applications Research Institute ('MARI') who established their head office in the building from 1987 to 2001. [12]
The Gateshead Leisure Centre was opened in the early 1980s. [1] It was originally operated by Gateshead Council. After the council concluded that they were unable to run the centre because of budget issues, [2] it was closed in July 2023. [3] The centre's management was transferred to community-led group Gateshead Active [4] [5] and reopened in ...
The Gateshead-based Go-Ahead Group has constructed a new bus depot to replace its Sunderland Road and Winlaton depots on the eastern part of the power station site. Another Dunston landmark was the Derwent Tower (commonly known as "The Rocket"), a tower block that was once the highest building in Gateshead.