FUTURE MAPPED OUT FOR FORMER BRIGG SUGAR FACTORY SITE

Parts of the very extensive former Brigg Sugar Factory site have been, or are being, redeveloped by power-producing companies.
However, some other areas of the factory complex remain as they were with a hope, in many eyes, that they will one day attract new uses and perhaps create local jobs.
North Lincolnshire Council is currently consulting the public about its Housing & Employment Land Allocations Development Plan. 
Proposed “Main Modifications” to the Employment section include adding the following paragraph about the ex-Brigg Sugar site: 
"Development proposals should not have an adverse impact on the Silverside Settling Ponds Site of Nature Conservation Interest and the New River Ancholme Local Wildlife Site. This reflects discussions with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust."
Brigg Town Council has been informed of these "Main Modifications" to future Employment and Housing Land Allocations. 
The Planning & Environment Committee will discuss its response during a  meeting in the Angel Suite on July 8, which interested members of the public may attend.
Any representations from the Town Council and members of the public must be sent to North Lincolnshire Council by  5pm on July 22.
View the full document here
Read an overview here
If you've time to spare it's worth following the links to study this blueprint for Brigg's future development -  new housing and employment.
As most Brigg Blog followers will be aware, the former Brigg Sugar Factory site is not in Brigg, but Scawby parish.
However, North Lincolnshire Council's document breaks down Employment under the headings South Humber Bank, Scunthorpe, Humberside Airport, Brigg and Ealand. 
Most people employed at Brigg Sugar Factory lived in our town, and many biked to and from work, you may recall.
What a loss it was to our economy, 20-plus years ago, when British Sugar pulled the plug on a facility established in the late 1920s.
Brigg (and Scawby) lost not only the factory but the Scawby Road social club and adjoining sportsground - both still there today but unused. Wasted facilities, in our view. 
These pictures were among a batch we took a few years ago while enjoying a summer walk from Brigg, down Silversides Lane, past the old Settling Ponds and along the factory approach road, returning to Brigg via Scawby Brook - without stopping at the King William IV for a refeshing pint on a warm day. But only because it happened to be shut at the moment we passed by!