WE'RE ONLY MAKING PLANS FOR NIGEL - THE BRIGG & WOLDS COUNCILLOR

Coun Nigel Sherwood, pictured recently in Brigg's Angel Suite.

Brigg educated and proprietor of the family cycle business in Bridge Street, Coun Nigel Sherwood now has a new role on North Lincolnshire Council.
The Brigg & Wolds Ward representative recently switched from being Cabinet Member for  Highways and Neighbourhoods to chairman of the planning committee - another important role.
It looks like Nigel is in for a busy Wednesday afternoon this week (July 29) as the monthly meeting of his committee has a very lengthy agenda.
There will be 22 applications for the elected councillors on the committee to consider.
The meeting starts at 2pm at Scunthorpe Civic Centre, off Ashby Road, and is open to the public.
Nigel has succeeded Coun Arthur Bunyan (Broughton & Appleby) as chairman of planning.
Amiable Arthur was a very long-serving councillor who did many years on the old Brigg-based Glanford Borough Council prior to 1996 when the North Lincolnshire unitary authority was created.
We aren't going to reveal Arthur's age but we went to school with his sons!
If you haven't worked out the relevance of the headline, We're Only Making Plans for Nigel was a 1979 hit for the band XTC. It told the tale of a certain Nigel who worked for British Steel. Brigg Blog's editor was  in the employ of British Steel's Scunthorpe Division PR department at the time.