We stopped off on the way back into Brigg on Saturday and took this interesting picture of the first house on the Bigby High Road development now taking shape on the former site of Pingley Camp - home to scores of German and Italian prisoners of war during the early 1940s. The site is just outside Brigg and North Lincolnshire and as has been approved by West Lindsey District Council. The old POW huts became increasingly derelict and untidy down the decades - so this new use, close to Brigg Garden Centre, will help make the vicinity more attractive.
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Attractive? I personally find these 10 "executive" houses in the middle of a field pretty repulsive. They each have five bedrooms and five bathrooms, won't pay council tax to North Lincolnshire Council, and have prices starting at half a million pound. The people who submitted the proposals are from Leeds and the estate agents assure us the properties have had "national interest" for buyers (not surprising given the price). So what the hell is Brigg getting out of this?
ReplyDeleteProbably just another dozen 4X4s on the road as some people fleeing the cities think it's smart to live at such low density and at the limits of walking distance from amenities.
(PS: The site is 7.9 acres, and the ten houses together will have 50 bedrooms. If everybody in England (roughly 50 million people) lived at this density, housing would account for 25% of all land use. At the moment, total developed land including all industry, commercial, leisure and infrastructure is less than this.
Of course, that's assuming one person per bedroom. Average house occupancy was 2.36 in 2001, so half the bedrooms will be empty and the amount of land double.)
Those behind the scheme have followed all the proper procedures and West Lindsey District Council has approved things. I was sorry to see Pingley Camp demolished due to its historical significance. However, it was an eyesore. The new homes are being built on a site which had been derelict for several decades.
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