A public artwork with a warning over climate change is to be installed on Redcar beach.

Council planning documents show the ‘time and tide’ bell will be erected between the Redcar Beacon and the new Regent cinema, beyond the sea wall on the sand.

A planning application granted ‘deemed consent’, meaning it has been signed off by council chiefs without going before a committee, said it was part of a UK-wide public artwork and education project aiming to raise awareness about climate change.

It said tide bells were being installed at various coastal locations, which, when submerged with water, would ring.

The planned structure was described as being of stainless steel and incorporating a brass bell, a metre high.

No indication was given as to cost, or how the project was being funded.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is delivering a range of improvements to the foreshore/seafront area in Redcar courtesy of external grant funding with several projects underway, or having been completed.

These include a new adventure mini-golf course, a coastal activity hub to be located in a shipping container village and a family leisure and entertainment complex on the Esplanade, which will also host the town’s library in another part of the building.

Public realm improvements on the Esplanade, which were granted planning approval at the turn of the year, will see paved pedestrian areas widened by removing some existing parking and loading bays with a new ‘feature wall’ installed to separate the pavement from the highway.

Meanwhile, four-storey terraced properties on Newcomen Terrace, which are believed to be about 135 years old, are being redecorated in contrasting colours – compared to children’s television programme Balamory – while repairs to render and stonework will also be carried out where needed.