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Open activities

  • Highcroft Park Allotment Access, Whitburn

    As part of South Tyneside Council’s ongoing commitments to create a safer environment for all highway users, it is proposed to restrict the access at Highcroft Park Allotments and prevent through traffic from Lizard Lane to Highcroft Park. Currently, there is a through route between...

    Closes 1 February 2026

Forthcoming activities

  • McAnany Avenue, South Shields - Pay and Display Changes

    South Tyneside Council’s Parking Services Team is seeking feedback on a proposal to introduce Pay and Display parking at a disused area near South Tyneside District Hospital, within the grounds of the old Brinkburn site. This site is currently unused, and we aim to bring it into service as a...

    Opens 23 January 2026

  • Mill Dam, South Shields - Pay and Display Changes

    South Tyneside Council’s Parking Services Team is seeking feedback on proposed changes to Mill Dam Car Park. Mill Dam Car Park: Currently free but time limited. We propose converting this to a Pay and Display car park to improve parking management and availability. The...

    Opens 23 January 2026

  • Station Road, South Shields - Pay and Display Changes

    South Tyneside Council’s Parking Services Team is seeking feedback on a proposal to develop a disused parcel of land at Station Road, South Shields into a Pay and Display car park. This site will be brought up to standard and managed to provide additional parking capacity in the area. ...

    Opens 23 January 2026

Closed activities

  • Monkton Lane, Jarrow Proposed Crossing

    South Tyneside Councils Road Safety Department are consulting on a proposed road safety scheme in your area. As part of South Tyneside Council’s ongoing commitment to create a safer environment for all highway users, we propose to make an improvement on Monkton Lane, Jarrow. The...

    Closed 12 January 2026

  • Foreshore Area Parking Proposals

    South Tyneside Council’s Traffic and Road Safety Team is seeking feedback from residents regarding a proposal to introduce permit parking in the streets surrounding the Foreshore area in South Shields. During the summer months, this area becomes particularly busy, and parking demand...

    Closed 5 January 2026

  • Gainsborough Avenue, South Shields - Proposed parking restrictions

    South Tyneside Council have been made aware of problems persisting in the Gainsborough Avenue area, South Shields particularly with vehicles parking infront of driveways at school pick up and drop off periods this leading to residents being unable to access/egress from driveways. It has also been...

    Closed 2 January 2026

  • School Keep Clear Cameras - Improving Safety Outside Our Schools

    📢 School Safety Camera Enforcement – Coming September 2025 South Tyneside Council is introducing camera enforcement outside selected schools to improve road safety and protect children. We’re reaching out to local schools, residents, and guardians to share details of the scheme and invite...

    Closed 31 December 2025

  • Monkton Lane, Jarrow Traffic Calming - Formal Consultation

    South Tyneside Councils Road Safety Department are consulting on a proposed crossing and traffic calming scheme in your area. We have had a number of enquiries from residents and general road users requesting further traffic calming measures on Monkton Lane, Jarrow. ...

    Closed 29 December 2025

We asked, you said, we did

Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about. See all outcomes

We asked

If you would be in favour of a Controlled Parking Zone within Westoe

You said

The consultation results show that many residents in the Westoe area are not in favour of progressing with the introduction of a CPZ. The proportion of respondents who believe it would negatively affect the area significantly outweighs those who view it positively, and the tone of the written feedback reflects a general lack of community support.

Customers visiting pubs and restaurants received a lot of criticism. With complaints of vehicles being left over night and sometimes all weekend. However, It also highlight that levels of car ownership in Westoe appear to be higher than expected. According to the 2021 census 67.2% of households in South Tyneside own at least one car compared to 78% nationally. But the figures taken from this consultation show 85% of responders own one car or more.

We did

Given the low ratio of available parking space to homes and the high levels of car ownership and the current levels of opposition from the local community. No further action will be taken on the introduction of a Controlled Parking Zone in the Westoe area at this time. Should parking pressures change in the future, or should there be a shift in community sentiment, the issue can be revisited with a more detailed proposal.

We asked

We proposed to remove a short section of parking restriction to allow parking outside the church. 

You said

residents and regular users of the road felt that this would result in obstructions ti their driveways and result in congestion. 

We did

We acknowleded those comments and felt that we should not proceed with the scheme at this time. 

We asked

We proposed to ammend the existing parking restrictions and dparking bays  to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction.

You said

Nobody objected.

We did

The existing restrictions will be adjusted to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction. The restrictions will be operational on 09/12/24