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Carpet fitter turns his dreams into a reality with first North East showroom
A carpet fitter who learned the trade alongside his father has achieved a lifelong ambition by opening his first showroom in Loftus.
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A carpet fitter who learned the trade alongside his father has achieved a lifelong ambition by opening his first showroom in Loftus.
NewsThe house on Gladstone Street, Loftus is now subject to a three-month closure, the third on the street in recent months
A person has been taken to hospital after the air ambulance landed in Loftus on Friday (September 18), following an 'incident' near the town.
NewsThe plans would triple the number of pigs at Highfield Farm, Loftus, up to a maximum of 2,700
NewsA property in Gladstone Street, Loftus, has been hit with a three-month closure order
NewsThe Hope Church said it operated a grocery from the premises which had between 70 and 100 visits a day
Discharge of condition 3 (Method Statement) of Listed Building Consent R/2023/0210/LB for conversion of former barn building to provide a single dwelling including rooflights to create accommodation a
Discharge of conditions 3 (windows and door details) and 4 (stall risers and lamps) of planning approval R/2024/0375/CA for replacement timber shopfront, replacement windows to upvc at first floor, re
Erection of 2no. stock sheds and associated infrastructure
Removal of blackthorn hedge specimen N13
construction of replacement extension to front elevation
Discharge of conditions 3 (conservatory details) and 4 (external materials) on planning approval R/2025/0003/CA for first floor extensions to form two storey extensions at side and rear, single storey
TPO 1980/1 Dalehouse, Staithes T1 Ash to fell; T2 Sycamore to fell; T3 Sycamore to fell; T4 Ash to fell; T5 Ash to fell.
Discharge of condition 3 (windows & Doors detail) and condition 4 (flood evacuation plan) on planning approval R/2024/0379/CA for conversion of part of former chapel into 2 no. 2 bedroom houses; works
Siting of 2 shipping containers for storage; palisade fencing 2.6m high with timber cladding to internal face and metal gates to rear of store (Part retrospective)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 13m medium wooden pole (WH3W8V4T)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 11m medium wooden pole (WH3WGG3F)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 10m light wooden pole (WH3WFC1C)
Demolition of existing garage; erection of two storey dwelling to be used for holiday-let purposes
verification check of conditions ten and 11 of planning approval NYM/2025/0660
Shed in front garden (retrospective)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 9m light wooden pole WH3NGK9M
Improvements to rear decking area including removal of outbuilding; new paving with additional secure store; retractable canopy over existing deck terrace to existing public house
Reserved Matters Application for approval (Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale) Pursuant to outline planning permission R/2025/0530/OO for 1(No.) dwelling
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 9m wooden pole (NE0EKY61)
NewsChange of use planning permission was denied for the venture on the coast near Loftus
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 9m light wooden pole and 1 x 10m light wooden pole (WH2M3H2D)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 12m medium wooden pole (LPE4H)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 8m light wooden pole WH2LGK2R
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 10m light wooden pole (WH2K401P)
NewsA derelict building would be demolished to make way for the proposed accommodation in Loftus
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 8m light wooden pole (WH2HW93F)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 11m medium wooden pole (WH2GHC8L)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 13m medium wooden pole and 1 x 13m light wooden pole (WH2G9F0N)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 10m stout wooden pole (WH2GHR9Z)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 2 x 7m light telegraph pole (LMD_V9018)
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 12m medium wooden pole (WH2GHC8L)
variation of condition 3 of planning approval NYM/2007/0982/FL to allow dual use of three holiday cottages as either holiday lets or letting dwellinghouses
Prior notification for an agricultural building
Electricity Act 1989 - Overhead lines (exemption) Regulations to relocate 1 wooden pole within the overhead line at Allotment Garden
NewsDr Martin Glasby, of Woodside Surgery in Loftus, said it has been 'a privilege' looking after generations of families
28 day notice - installation of fixed-line electronic communication apparatus 1 x 13m light wooden pole (WH1JPR9M)
variation of condition 4 of planning approval NYM/2007/1002/FL which permitted conversion of disused barn to residential annexe to allow the use as local occupancy dwellinghouse and sever the tie with
Discharge of condition 2 (Pick up/Drop off Management Plan) of prior approval R/2026/0008/PNC for change of use of day nursery/creche (UseClass E(f)) to operate as an independent special school provid
Subdivision of existing dwelling into 2 dwellings including replacement windows and doors to upvc