Petition to Downing Street

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PETITION IS NOW CLOSED. Please read below to discover what our petition was about, and the response it has received.

Culture Quarter ran an on-line petition at the Downing Street website to encourage North Tyneside Council help us progress our dynamic plan for Whitley Bay regeneration, specifically Whitley Bay Playhouse and Whitley Bay Dome utilising Mindsports and the Dramatic Arts.

Over 300 people signed the petition, putting it in the top 200 out of the thousands of petitions on the site - not bad for a strictly local campaign!

The petition read:

“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to urge North Tyneside Council to view favourably the Community-based bid to regenerate Whitley Bay (known as Culture Quarter) Whitley Bay, famous for its glorious beaches and family holidays of yesteryear,has suffered from a lack of direction, and investment, for many years. To its credit, North Tyneside Council has tried extremely hard to reach a consensus on a way forward, but without success. There is now a proposal from a number of community groups to provide a sustainable solution, involving Mind Sports and the Dramatic Arts, drawing visitors to the town and regenerating the local economy.
To date, North Tyneside Council have given partial consideration to this proposal - we urge them to go further, and if necessary work with Culture Quarter to realise this dynamic vision and regenerate Whitley Bay.”
The Government response reads :

The decisions on the regeneration and development of Whitley Bay and the rest of North Tyneside are matters for local determination, and Government has forwarded details of your petition to the elected Mayor of North Tyneside, John Harrison.

It is for the elected Mayor and members of North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council to determine the authority’s operational priorities and proposals, not for Ministers. They are best placed to act in the interests of all residents of the borough, including those who have responded to the petition, and to balance the competing local demands on available resources for the benefits of the communities they serve.

However, Government has recently entered into a three year agreement with North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council (known as a Local Area Agreement) that confirms the outcomes that should be delivered in the local area – these include increasing the number of people who feel that they can influence decisions in their locality, decreasing unemployment, and increasing affordable housing, average earnings and new business registrations.

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