Plans thrown out for 'yobbo' bungalow site

A SITE residents say attracts “yobbos” and acts as a “flytippers’ paradise” has seen retrospective planning permission refused.

- By DANIEL HODGSON Local Democracy Reporter [e-mail]

Stockton councillors have overwhelmingly rejected plans to demolish a bungalow and build a new house on Bishopton Road, even though the bungalow had already been demolished and a new building is partly constructed. Plans had previously been approved that would see extensions and alterations to the existing bungalow.

This however, ended up being far from reality when the bungalow was demolished and an entirely new building was partially constructed in its place. Numerous speeches from councillors received applause from the public gallery, as committee members spoke negatively about the current situation.

One local resident said there's been “no active building on the site for at least a year” and councillors railed against the officer recommendation to approve the retrospective application. Simon Grundy, Planning Services Manager at Stockton Council, had his work cut out with a total of nine unhappy residents voicing their concern, anguish and upset at how the situation had unfolded thus far.