READ ALL ABOUT TESCO'S PLANS

All the supporting documents sent by Tesco to North Lincolnshire Council with its planning application for the big new store, off Barnard Avenue/Cary Lane/Springs Way are now in the public domain and viewable on the council's helpful planning portal. Use the link here to reach the portal, select Access the Online Application Register, then select Brigg and Wolds (parish name) and Brigg (ward). For legal reasons, you need to agree to some conditions before viewing (hence the roundabout route we are suggesting). CLICK HERE FOR THE PLANNING PORTAL
Such thorough and comprehensive documentation has been submitted it's no wonder it took North Lincolnshire Council a few days to get everything scanned for upload to the website so interested members of the public can have a look. Please do!
The retail giant says a publication consultation it carried out identified strong public support for the replacement store - 367 respondents at its exhibition showing the proposals.
The new store, if granted planning permission by North Lincolnshire Council, will provide 100+ new jobs (mix of full and part-time) to add to the current "equivalent" 150. The size of new premises will be 6,180 square metres, not far short of double the current 3,617.
There will be more than 100 additional car parking spaces (318 in total) and free "short stay" car parking (2-3 hours) will remain.
On the topic of traffic congestion, which has been raised as a concern already by some Brigg observers, the firm says "the scheme will enable various improvements to the surrounding highway network." These will include, from Cary Lane, "a right turn lane to improve the flow of traffic onto Barnard Avenue."
It is proposed to add two further petrol pumps and to provide a "manned" kiosk, while inside the store there will be a customer cafe and a much wider range of goods on sale.
Tesco provides figures to demonstrate many people still go out of Brigg to shop. It suggests the new store will keep a good number of those shoppers in Brigg.
NF adds: How many of those shoppers will then venture into the town centre to visit other Brigg businesses and how many will merely shop at the new Tesco and go home? That's the million dollar question. But no-one can give an accurate answer. Members of the public can go on North Lincolnshire Council's planning website (above) and add their comments about Tesco's scheme online. Or send them in writing. The first stage in deciding the application will come on Wednesday 5th January (7.15pm) in the Angel Suite when Brigg Town Council will meet to discuss the proposals. Representatives of Tesco and Lidl have been invited to attend and answer any questions. A suitable period of question time will be allowed - both for members of the Town Council and the general public - following which the formal meeting will be convened for the Town Council to determine its response.