Plans to demolish two historic Teesside railway bridges have been thrown into doubt after the related planning application was withdrawn by Stockton Borough Council, writes The Northern Echo.
The Northern Echo writes:
Stockton Borough Council applied… for a decision on whether prior approval was needed to demolish Crawford’s Bridge and Black Squares Bridge, two Victorian railway structures on the Castle Eden Walkway… In August, Stockton Council, which owns the structures, said both bridges were at risk of ‘partial or complete collapse’ and that repairs would effectively require a full rebuild at a cost of more than £250,000…
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…The two brick bridges were originally built by the North Eastern Railway as part of a 13-mile route through County Durham. Opened in 1878…
… heritage campaign group The HRE Group argued that permitted development rights do not apply if a structure became unsafe through poor maintenance but can still be repaired..
…. HRE has also applied to Historic England to have the bridges listed…
