Artist impressions of how the proposed Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre near Souter Lighthouse could look. Pictures: National Trust/MawsonKerr.

This includes a new underground sewage pumping chamber for the Souter Lighthouse complex and proposed coastal conservation centre, as well as new electric and data supplies for the centre itself.

Council planners added the proposals would not result in the loss of open space within Whitburn Coastal Park and that water from the conservation centre and lighthouse complex would be discharged ...

A spokesman said: "We're urging people to be aware that the sinkhole has opened up on the cliff tops of Whitburn Coastal Park, just north of The Wherry. "A safety barrier has been erected around it.

The Souter Lighthouse complex, located off the Coast Road between South Shields and Whitburn, is set for an upgrade after South Tyneside Council's planning department approved an application from ...

New plans, verified by South Tyneside Council this month, include a purpose-built conservation hub in the Whitburn Coastal Park, near the existing lighthouse car park.

The conservation hub will be based at the Whitburn Coastal Park, near the lighthouse car park.

A spokesman said: "We're urging people to be aware that the sinkhole has opened up on the cliff tops of Whitburn Coastal Park, just north of The Wherry. "A safety barrier has been erected around it.

The current car park at the Souter Lighthouse is more than 30 years old.