RESIDENTS OF 30 NEW HOMES AT PINGLEY CAMP 'WOULD USE BRIGG FACILITIES'

The Pingley Camp site off Bigby High Road - on the outskirts of Brigg - is earmarked for a new lease of life, having been created on farmland to house German and Italian prisoners-of-war during the 1939-45 conflict.
The huts are long gone and the site cleared for housing. But only one was built - a long way back from the A1084 - before a company hit problems and things ground to a halt.
Now "Phase Two" plans have been put forward to get things going again. They were outlined to Brigg Town Council's Monday night meeting by John Derbyshire, of John Derbyshire Design Partnership Ltd.
Ten homes had already been approved by planners; now the idea is to add a further 20.
Asked about the timescale for things to move forward, Mr Derbyshire suggested it might be "promoted again around Easter."
The former Pingley Camp site is just over the local government border - in Bigby parish, of the West Lindsey District of (old?) Lincolnshire. Out there they do not have a unitary authority like ours; there is still a district council and a county authority with shared functions, as used to be the case when we still had Glanford (pre-1996).
Despite this over-the-border location, our Town Mayor, Coun Carl Sherwood, is suggesting a request could be made for a legal agreement over this project "to benefit the residents of Brigg." The local government legal eagles call it a Section 106, which basically means a company/developer agreeing to pay a sum of money to be used for a local community scheme. For the Mayor stressed that people living in new homes on the Pingley Camp site would be using Brigg's facilities.
Town Clerk Jeanette Woollard mentioned the possibility of improving the footpath alongside the A1084, Coun Jackie Brock having earlier pointed out that "footpath provision is not good."
Coun Mel Oades wondered whether the addition of new homes might, with access onto the A1084, suggested the need for a reduced speed limit. Mr Derbyshire said he could put that to Lincolnshire highways but said a reduction had not been specified.
Printed drawings  for Phase Two of the development were laid out for Brigg councillors to study during Monday's meeting in the Angel Suite. Various types of trees were shown (with Latin names on the drawings), plus shrubs and hedges, and reference was made to a pond - an interesting feature.
The Mayor thanked Mr Derbyshire, and a colleague, for attending the meeting, making the presentation and answering questions. 

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