Few Brigg folk know about the existence of a workshop just over the bridge which takes our longest street, Grammar School Road, across the M180. Even some members of Brigg Town Council's planning and environment committee had to have it explained to them. Drive much further and you leave Brigg for neighbouring parishes.
However, the site is now very much in the public domain as the subject of a rather unusual planning application which North Lincolnshire Council will determine.
Application Number 2010/0910
Planning permission to vary condition no 2 of planning application 7/176/85 18/4/1985. The proposed building shall be used solely as a pump repair workshop and shall not be used for any other purpose, whether within Class III or Class IV of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order, 1972 or not without the prior written permission of the district planning authority,
115 Grammar School Road, Brigg.
Planning permission was granted by Glanford Borough Council 25 years ago. In effect, the borough planners sought to ensure the workshop was used for just one purpose. Now, efforts are being to get that relaxed.
Town Mayor Coun Ben Nobbs told Wednesday night's Brigg planning meeting in the Angel Suite that it would be interesting to know what the business "intended to expand into." He stressed: "It's a neat and tidy site there."
Coun Mel Oades said he had "no objections whatsover" to the condition being varied, as requested.
Coun Mike Galvin suggested the applicant "just wants some flexibility."
Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard was unaware of any objections from residents in the area.
The matter was delegated to the chairman (Coun Nobbs) and his deputy (Coun Tom Glossop) to inquire what alternative uses might result from the removal of the condition. If their inquiries raise any concerns, the matter will be brought back for further consideration; if not, North Lincolnshire planners will be told the town council has no objections to the application.
Points to Ponder....
ReplyDelete1. Is there a connection between 'pumps' and Ben Nobb's comment,'Intended expansion'!!
Do the pumps suck, or blow? If they suck, the site could be a black hole - councillors should be careful not sucked into making a decision until the whole thing is enlarged!
2. When exactly did GS Road become Brigg's longest street?
Originally GSR was a comparatively short road; starting from its junction with Wrawby St and extended to its juction with Glebe Rd.
The road beyond, going north, was Westmoor Lane and extended into Wrawby Carrs and crossed the old course of the Ancholme.
It could be argued that, despite its various names that Bigby Street/Road/High Road is the longest continous thoroughfare within Brigg's boundary.
A rose by any other name is still a rose.
Bigby Street/Road/High Road are different streets, Ken; Grammar School Road (even leaving aside the council chopping off the final section near Brian's DIY and calling it "South") IS the longest. Isn't the last (ex-council) house No 116? And there are other dwellings even further down. My great-grandad used to have a farm down there up to WW2. No, Ken, that doesn't make me from farming stock or the landed gentry, though I have played cricket for Brocklesby Park alongside the Earl of Yarborough (me keeping wicket, him bowling). He didn't have many acres - great-grandad, not the Earl. More a large smallholding, perhaps, than a small farm.
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