Industrial site used in film to be demolished
GooglePlans to demolish more than a dozen industrial buildings that feature in an award-winning film have been given the green light.
South Tyneside Council's planning department has approved an application for 14 units on land off Church Bank in Jarrow, near the River Don.
It was used as a filming location in the 2016 film I, Daniel Blake, from director Ken Loach, which went on to win the Palme d'Or - the highest award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The site was once linked to timber importers and sawmillers M H Southern, until they moved to the Felling area of Gateshead.
Planning documents submitted to the council said demolition was taking place "to facilitate the future redevelopment" of the vacant site, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
They added work was expected to start this month and would conclude by the beginning of August.