CCTV proposal for pier is given the green light

IT IS HOPED CAMERA WILL HELP DETER TRESPASSERS AND VANDALS

- By CHRIS BINDING

PROPOSALS for CCTV installation aimed at preventing “illegal access” and criminal damage at the South Pier in South Shields have received approval.

South Tyneside Council's planning authority has sanctioned two submissions concerning the Grade II-listed South Pier from the Port of Tyne.

Both the planning proposal and listed building consent request were lodged earlier this year seeking authorisation for the installation of a new eight-metre post and CCTV camera.

The designated location encompasses terrain to the north east of South Shields Volunteer Life Brigade, bordering Sandhaven Beach, with the applicant's accompanying documentation explaining that CCTV was “essential to view the access gates at the base of the piers which [...] are continuously being vandalised to obtain illegal access.”