DOING THE SPADEWORK FOR NEW BRIGG ALLOTMENTS

Some Brigg allotments are to be re-located to a new site to make way for redevelopment, and preliminary details have now been revealed.
The switch will be from Grammar School Road (not far from the motorway fly-over) to an area of Woodbine Park, between Preston Drive and South View Avenue.
Brigg Town Council, which provides allotments for green-fingered, 'grow you own' devotees, is in negotiation with North Lincolnshire Council.
In October the Town Council agreed, in principle, terms for the "transfer" of the Grammar School Road allotments in exchange for the new allotments at Woodbine Park.
Coun Rob Waltham, the leader of North Lincolnshire Council, gave a brief update during the January meeting of the Town Council, held  in the Angel Suite.
He revealed that next month the unitary authority hopes to see a planning application submitted.
The "legal processes" will follow with further information about the plan expected to be revealed during the summer.
Brigg Town Council also provides allotments off Redcombe Lane/Atherton Way for a number of other tenants, who pay a small annual rent to work their plots and grow fruit and veg for the table.

PICTURED ABOVE: Grammar School Road allotments, the land being rented from Brigg Town Council.

A view of Woodbine Park, taken  from the Preston Drive entrance. The exact location proposed for the allotments yet to be revealed.