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It's an exciting time making sure that everyone is safe and having fun - we have a lot of fun activities, a lot of work has gone into it. The retailer has continued to strongly refuted any such suggestion, saying it offers its workers "excellent" pay, benefits and opportunities while in "safe and modern" work places.

Objector Kevin Judson told the committee he didn’t object to the entire scheme - but also had doubts about the secondary access road. Meanwhile existing workers from across the region were offered the chance to transfer to Gateshead as Teesside-man, Brad Gaffney did after first starting out last April.He said: “It is a huge vote of confidence in the Tees Valley that the biggest online retailer in the world has chosen us for its latest investment. The team are all Teessiders, he adds. "I'm a Redcar lad and our supply chain is within a 30-mile radius. We are spot on, hitting all the handover dates exactly on time. Northern Parishes councillor John Gardner aired his concerns ahead of the meeting about emissions created from the new access route along Glenarm Road and linking to Hanzard Drive. The plant will have two access roads - a newly created route for staff, and another to be used by HGVs at the A689 junction and through the existing business park.

Approval for the scheme was unanimous - but it didn’t come without a few questions from councillors. It's spread over four floors - the upper three are robotic with outer edges for pedestrians. It's 250 metres long, 150 metres wide. And that's just the shed, there's a large storage area outside." After such a difficult economic period we’re really pleased to see jobs being created that will provide opportunities to people in Gateshead and beyond." The new fulfilment centre is massive for Darlington and the wider region, not just because of the initial 1,000 permanent jobs the company is creating. I really enjoy it, it's different to the military which is the only role I've know for most of my adult life. But coming out of the military we do have the same principles - everyone works as a team and it's the same banter and ethos behind everything.It has three storeys, with robotics operating the upper three floors. ISG is two thirds of the way through the build, which will soon be home to hundreds of workers. The smaller centre, which will see parcels arrive from neighbouring fulfilment centres, will "speed up deliveries" for the immediate area. He said: “An opening through woodland will provide a channel for noise from the A19 and the distribution centre directly towards the residential area on the western edge of the woodland.”

ISG project director Malcolm Peart said: "We are 40 weeks into a 60 week build, we are closing out the last little bit and making sure it's all water-tight. The next element is the install, which will be carried out by Dutch company Vanderlande. And the build is "going well", he says. "There has been some outside the box thinking, we did all the deliveries onto the roof by helicopter." I couldn’t be more proud of the critical role our teams are serving at this time by enabling people to stay safe at home while receiving the products they need.Last year it was about setting up our first fulfilment centre in the North East and making sure that we are setting up the right standards for safety as well as making sure we scale up to deliver to customers in this area. Making boxes requires the use of the tape machine which has a keyboard that corresponds to the correct size box - meaning nothing is wasted. The main Fulfilment Centre is yet to see signs, but the delivery station has been badged up Picture: JIM SCOTT But that's not the end of the complex process, from here a 'crazy set of calculations' takes place to work out how to get the customers parcels to them to meet the delivery promises - whether that be by train, road or air.

That follows on from previous reports that the retailer was preparing for a "busy" festive period across the UK with the fierce recruitment of thousands of seasonal staff. Mr Grundy said the secondary route was intended for staff use for safety reasons - and HGVs would only use it in “emergency circumstances”.

We continue to expand as a business and I think we recognise there’s a lot of talent within the local area, and the North East and we've been super keen to open these buildings and continue to employ local talent." Worry over traffic impacts and how air quality would be hit featured highly, as well as the potential for more noise and litter. After such a difficult economic period we’re really pleased to see jobs being created that will provide opportunities to people in Gateshead and beyond”. She's also now been here just over a year and she's progressed into a team lead as well. We're both team leaders which is great. Planning officer Simon Grundy said: “It will support another 1,240 additional indirect full time jobs per annum during the build period and, once operational, will result in 1,450 direct and indirect full-time jobs for the local economy.