Plans for a new warehouse facility in South Tyneside creating more than 30 jobs have been submitted to borough development bosses. South Tyneside Council’s planning department has received an application for unit four at Monkton Business Park North in the Hebburn South ward.
According to planning documents, the site was previously occupied by parcel delivery firm DPD. New plans from Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) Limited aim to change the use of the building and to use it for the storage and distribution of construction machinery.
A planning statement submitted with the application confirms Hitachi already operates from an adjacent building at Monkton Business Park North. The main activities proposed for the new site include the “installation and calibration of GPS excavator control systems” on a range of “hydraulic excavators”.
