A SEASIDE town could become a mini Blackpool if a restaurant is allowed to serve alcohol on a local green during the summer, it has been claimed. Stirling Stewart, owner of The Rocketeer in North Berwick, has applied for a series of occasional licences to allow him to serve alcohol at an outside seating area from the end of this month. However, the move has brought more than a dozen complaints from local residents after his proposal suggested using Anchor Green, which borders the restaurant. It is home to a Celtic cross and is a popular spot. Applying for three occasional licences for the site, Mr Stewart has told East Lothian Council’s licensing board that both Hew Dalrymple, the owner of the land, and the nearby Seabird Centre have given a thumbs-up to his proposal.
The Rocketeer Restaurant owner Stirling Stewart had applied for planning permission to place a seating area on this grassy area adjoining the restaurant A RESTAURANT’S bid to offer outside seating for the next three years, on one of the most scenic and historic spots in North Berwick, has been refused. Stirling Stewart owns The Rocketeer Restaurant on Victoria Road and last year used the grassy land to the south of the restaurant at Anchor Green for a socially distanced outside seating area. The land is owned by Hew Dalrymple and is home to a Celtic cross monument to Catherine Watson, who died in 1889, aged 19, as she tried to rescue children swept out to sea.
Iwi buys bigger share of coastal Rangitīkei farm
25 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Operations manager Jarred Clode (left) and Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa trustee Jason Boyle stand outside the entrance to Te Hou Farms Dairy. Photos / Lewis Gardner
Laurel Stowell is a reporter for the Whanganui Chroniclelaurel.stowell@whanganuichronicle.co.nzWhangaChron
Rangitīkei iwi Ngā Wairiki-Ngāti Apa has bought a further one third share of the large Te Hou Farms near Bulls - for $8.64 million. The purchase was made final on December 1, and announced at the tribe s annual general meeting on December 6. The buyer is iwi-owned Ngā Wairiki – Ngāti Apa Developments Limited.