DECISION-MAKING COUNCILLORS PLAN SITE VISIT TO PUB NEAR BRIGG EARMARKED FOR HOUSING

All members of North Lincolnshire Council's Planning Committee are to make a socially-distanced site visit to an historic pub near Brigg before deciding an application which will define its future.
On Wednesday afternoon (February 24) the committee held its monthly meeting and considered an application which proposes to convert the King William IV at Scawby Brook (pictured) into residential accommodation, with new homes to be built on land behind the hostelry (part of the car park and a paddock).
The committee received a detailed report in advance of the meeting and also heard a statement setting out the reasons behind this application.
The King Billy, as locals know it, has previously been marketed for sale unsuccessfully, and there are a number of other public houses available for people to use in nearby Brigg, the applicant points out.
One councillor told committee colleagues during the meeting (held online) that this application left him with mixed feelings, and suggested making a site visit.
This course of action was put to the vote and agreed unanimously.
So councillors will take a look at the pub and the land behind which is earmarked for housing development before making their decision at a future meeting to either grant permission or refuse this 'hybrid' application.
The committee's next meeting is scheduled to be held on March 24 - under the chairmanship of Coun Nigel Sherwood (Brigg & Wolds Ward).