Residents are objecting to proposals to convert a former greeting cards shop in Normanby into a restaurant and takeaway. The vacant retail unit in the High Street subject to the application formerly housed Jubilees, a greeting cards business run by local businessman Kenny Surtees until his death in 2023.

According to plans submitted to Redcar and Cleveland Council , applicant Raman Amiri, of Netherfields, Middlesbrough , is seeking a change of use to a restaurant and hot food takeaway. As of September 4, more than 20 submissions have been received by the local planning authority largely objecting to the plans.

Councillor Stephen Martin, who represents the neighbouring Eston ward, said both Eston and Normanby were already “overrun with takeaways” in his submission. He wrote: “We n

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