Two coastal nightspots have been protected from a potential booze clampdown by North Tyneside Council.
Park View in Whitley Bay and the Fish Quay in North Shields were assessed by the council and police to determine if the number of licenced premises selling alcohol were causing problems in the area. The local authority has the power to prevent future licenced premises from opening if it decides to make a 'cumulative assessment area'.
The local authority's licensing committee found there was "insufficient evidence" to stop issuing further alcohol licenses in these areas.
