DECISION NOW MADE ON PLAN TO CONVERT PUB NEAR BRIGG INTO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING

Approval has now been given to turn a pub with a restaurant near Brigg into a dwelling.
Outline permission has also been granted to build three new properties on land behind the William IV hostelry on Scawby Road, Scawby Brook.
North Lincolnshire Council Planning Committee members visited the site before later approving a 'hybrid' application to convert the pub building and also permitting future development, in principal, behind the premises.
This meeting took place online yesterday afternoon (Wednesday, March 24).
The case put forward by the applicant for redevelopment was outlined to councillors prior to a vote being taken.
Economic factors were mentioned, together with the existence of alternative pubs in Brigg. What was planned - including "residentIal conversion" - would not have a detrimental impact on the hamlet, it was stated.
The committee voted unanimously to grant permission, in line with a recommendation from the council's planning staff.
The King William IV is known locally as 'The King Billy' and takes its name from the monarch who reigned prior to Queen Victoria taking over in 1837.
Scawby Brook had two pubs until relatively recent times until the Horse & Cart was demolished.