Tram shelter takeaway plans get go ahead

Tram Shelter Seaburn opened last December following major restoration

Plans to expand a food outlet housed in Grade II listed former seafront tram stop have been approved.

Tram Shelter Seaburn sought planning permission to build a new outdoor takeaway kiosk at the site in Whitburn Road.

Sunderland City Council also granted permission for two new beach huts to "provide for additional food and drink storage".

The venue opened last December following a major restoration of the structure.

Tram Shelter Seaburn were granted permission to build a new outdoor takeaway kiosk and extra storage at the site

The changes include relocating the existing takeaway kiosk and providing cycle racks, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Council planners said the additional beach huts had been "sensitively designed” and were "seeking to improve on the facilities provided".

It was noted that the two new beach huts would "sit comfortably within their immediate surroundings and will have negligible additional impact on views and the setting of the listed Tram Shelter".

A planning condition means the kiosk cannot be open to customers "between the hours of 11pm and 8am" without written agreement from the local authority.