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Cafe could be demolished after planning rejections

Austen Shakespeare
Local Democracy Reporting Service
BBC A sign for Fed & Watered cafe. It stands above another sign for Jack & Jo's Garden products. The site's gravel car park is located behind a wodden fence behind the signs.BBC
Fed & Watered cafe could be demolished after retrospective planning permission was turned down

A cafe is under threat of being knocked down after a council doubled down on its decision to refuse planning permission.

The Fed & Watered cafe in Ryton, Gateshead, was built behind a children's play centre without receiving permission from Gateshead Council.

The local authority has refused multiple, retrospective applications because it was "worried" about access to the soft play business and a footpath to the local primary school near the site.

The cafe's owner, Joanne Stanton, said she was "disappointed" by the decision but would keep the business open while she asked for negotiations.

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