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Plans for a supported accommodation development for women in South Tyneside have been submitted to council development bosses.

- by Chris Binding

South Tyneside Council's planning department has received an application for 39 Fenwick Avenue in the Simonside and Rekendyke ward, near the Simonside Metro Station in South Shields.

The applicant is listed as care provider Changing Lives and plans include converting the existing “six-bedroom residential dwelling” into “five en-suite/ private shower rooms or bathroom”.

Applicants are seeking permission to change the use of the building from residential to a planning use for “people who require ‘care and support’ 24/7”.

Changing Lives, in a statement, have said there has been “misinformation” around the scheme and have clarified details of the proposed service.