Councillors will decide the fate of a prospective new “European-style” bar in central Whitley Bay next week.

North Tyneside Council’s licensing committee are set to consider an application for another coastal watering hole in the currently vacant 69 Victoria Terrace, Whitley Bay.

The premises, formally a cafe known as ‘Whitley Bean’, could be transformed into ‘Cafe Amsterdam’, which would specialise in Dutch beers and snacks.

However, the application is not without hurdles. Victoria Terrace falls into a ‘Cumulative Impact Area’, which means applicants for licenced premises have to assure councillors a new venue would not pose issues to the area.

Several residents have submitted their objections to ‘Cafe Amsterdam’, who claim the addition of another licenced premises in Whitley Bay would be detrimental to the area.

One resident wrote: ”There should be protection from encroachment of licenced premises into residential streets. We live within the cumulative impact zone and the increase in the hospitality trade already causes a negative impact on residents.

“There are more drunk people travelling to and from the Metro at the end of the street. I have had to move to the bedroom at the back of the house because of the disturbance of noise in the street.

“There has been damage to cars in the street and windows smashed.”

However, an impact assessment has judged that the premises would be “well operated and high quality”.

The report states: “Our assessment is based upon the applicant’s 25 years of experience at Sir John Fitzgerald, and the plans that he has for the venue. He wants customers to be able to come into his venue, sit down and have an experience which they cannot get anywhere else in the North East.

“He has already delivered this concept successfully elsewhere at pop-ups and under temporary events notices.”

Councillors will gather at North Tyneside Council’s Cobalt HQ on August 16 to consider the application.