Green light for new training centre that will help boost residents' skills

Plans for a new education and training centre in a South Tyneside industrial estate have been approved.

- by Chris Binding

South Tyneside Council's planning department has approved an application for 55 Aidan Court in the Bede Industrial Estate in the Jarrow area.

Applicant Staffpower Training Limited recently lodged a bid for planning permission to "allow the premises to be used as a nonresidential education and training centre".

A planning statement submitted to council officials described the applicant as a north east-based company which delivers a "range of government-funded training and employment support programmes".

It was noted that "training is classroom based, includes practical skills development, is nonresidential, and aligns with both local and national strategies to improve employability and access to adult learning".