BRIGG IS NOW YEAR-ROUND HOLIDAY DESTINATION

Brigg is now a year-round holiday destination. Official. 
North Lincolnshire Council has now granted a planning application to permit year-round holiday use of  land at Brigg Marina, off Mill Lane (within Scawby Parish).
An in-depth council planning report said: "Planning permission was approved  to erect 27 holiday log cabins for use in connection with leisure activities at Brigg Marina. The approval was subject to a condition that limited the occupation of the log cabins for holiday use only, and not to be occupied between 31 January and 31 March each calendar year. The permission was implemented a  number of years ago, but the land has now changed hands with the new owner wishing to complete the scheme. 
"The current proposal seeks to continue to use the log cabins for holiday accommodation, but considers that it would be more appropriate and beneficial to tourism in the area to have the cabins occupied throughout the whole of the calendar year, and not just for 10 months. 
"Policies in the local plan and core strategy seek to encourage tourism in the district,  particularly where it makes the most of the area’s important and natural built environments. This is an existing tourism site located adjacent to a Marina on the edge of the Market Town of Brigg. It is considered that the proposal will make a positive contribution to the sustainable development of the tourism industry, and extending the months that the cabins can be occupied, will encourage more use of the site, and further promote the tourism industry in the area. Policy CS15 of the core strategy particularly supports the protection and enhancement of existing tourist facilities, including those related to market towns. 
"No objections have been received to the proposal, and following discussions with colleagues in the policy team, it is considered that there is no planning reason to resist to extension of the occupancy of  the log cabins, provided that they remain in occupation for holiday purposes only."

Brigg Marina, pictured in July by Ken Harrison.