NEW BRIGG ALLOTMENTS APPROVED FOR SITE WHERE PREFAB TENANTS ONCE GREW MAGNIFICENT VEG

Brigg prefab tenants used their gardens to grow 'magnificent veg' on the site which has now been approved for new allotments.
These plots will replace ones on Grammar School Road, not far the flyover bridge that crosses the M180.
They will occupy part of the current Woodbine Park play area near South View Avenue, entry being gained from Preston Drive.
Brigg Town Council's Planning & Environment Committee - meeting in the Angel Suite Lounge on Monday, July 22 - was informed that North Lincolnshire Council had now granted planning permission for the new allotments.
The planning authority has approved change of use of the land and the erection of fencing and timber sheds.
A meeting with allotments tenants is now to be held by Brigg Town Council on a date to be arranged.
Coun Ann Eardley said that, in social media comments on Facebook, some people were "up in arms" about putting allotments on this site.
However, committee chairman Coun Brian Parker, the Deputy Town Mayor, said: "I don't think we can bring Facebook into it."
He pointed out that residents could attend council meetings to express their views.
Brigg Blog later took a look at the comments made on Facebook.
Some people questioned putting allotments next to a children's play area, others suggested the ground was wet, and it was suggested that vandalism might prove an issue.
However, there was also some support for the new site.
One resident recalled that, when post-war prefabs occupied this land, some tenants grew magnificent vegetables.
We'd better declare a personal interest here; our Dad was among them in the late 1950s and early 1960s when we lived in prefab No. 16, Woodbine Grove.
Pictured above is the back garden of one of the prefabs circa 1958 when most tenants grew produce for the table.
The reason for the relocation of the allotments is to make way for a new road from Atherton Way, with plans to eventually open up further land for new housing near the Springbank estate.
Brigg Town Council manages and runs the Grammar School Road allotments and the plots off Atherton Way/Redcombe Lane.
A report prepared by North Lincolnshire Council planners as the unitary authority considered the allotments application said: "It is not considered that the use of this part of the park for allotments will cause any greater impact on residential amenity than the existing use of the site. 
"It is considered that work on the allotments would be a relatively low key activity that would not generate significant levels of noise or disturbance to surrounding residents.
"It is not considered that the use will generate significant increased levels of vehicular traffic to the point that residential amenity will be adversely affected.
"On-site parking is to be provided so that allotment holders will not have to park in the highway. The layout is acceptable to the highways department. 
"Although the proposed use will result in the loss of an area of the park, there is still sufficient provision to serve the local community on the section to be retained."
The report added: "The plans do provide the ability to walk through the allotment site to the park, but this will be a management issue for the Town Council to decide, once they have taken over the use of the site."