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In 2015, 23% of 10- and 11-year-olds in Gateshead were obese - higher than the national average of 19%. The council decided to take radical action, using its planning powers to effectively stop ...
Gateshead Council had plans for six more huge statues. The structure was to cost £500,000. [9] Gateshead planning committee voted 15-5 to let the sculpture be built on Wednesday 4 January 1995, under chairman Pat Conaty, and the council engineer Roger Turner. The choice of an angel figure came from Conaty, not Gormley.
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) was established in April 2014, including seven councils: Durham, Sunderland, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle and Northumberland. [9] A devolution deal was agreed, including the creation of a mayor to be elected in 2017. In September 2016, that deal broke down, as the leaders south of ...
Gateshead (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ t s (h) ɛ d /) is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England.It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art.
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.
Felling Town Hall, formerly Felling Council Offices, is a former municipal building in Sunderland Road, Felling, a district of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. The building, which is currently in residential use, is a Grade II listed building .
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]
Patrick Young, head of Raleigh’s Planning and Development Department, is keenly aware of the delays and the causes. As the COVID pandemic has eased, pent-up demand has led to a surge in ...