Thrunscoe school site roads need new names
DEVELOPER’S APPEAL FOR IDEAS FROM READERS
THE developer behind a new housing scheme providing 42 new homes has asked Telegraph readers to come up with names for the streets.
Paul Bannister, of Land Development Lincs Ltd, aims to reflect the history of the former Thrunscoe School site on Highgate, Cleethorpes.
He hopes there are enough famous former pupils after whom he can name the new roads.
Thrunscoe School was built in 1932 by Lindsey County Council. It closed as a school in 1996 and was used most recently as an education centre until it became surplus to the requirements of North East Lincolnshire Council and closed in 2017.
Empty since then, the 2.36-acre Highgate plot was put on the market in 2017 with Scotts Property.
The proposed development, which is a five-minute walk from St Peter’s Avenue, will have two access points, on Highgate and Parker Street, with the developer saying that the existing footpath in place will provide safe routes to local amenities and schools.
A design and access statement submitted with the planning application says: “The proposed dwellings will be marketed for a range of buyers, including families and first-time buyers. “The dwellings have been designed following research of the surrounding area and Highgate. The appearance reflects the dwellings along Highgate by taking key features, such as bays, feature gable and hips over first floor windows and brick detail door surrounds.
“The properties fronting Highgate would be hipped to reflect the existing properties, however the properties to the entrance of the site would be gabled to reflect the existing former boys and girls’ buildings.”
It became a frequent target for arsonists and vandals. Humberside Police and Humberside Fire and Rescue Service crews had frequent calls to service at the Cleethorpes site over the past three years. Despite extensive security measures vandals continued to break-in and smash windows and start fires.
The developer drew up a plan to get the buildings demolished quickly this summer to end the blight.
Mr Bannister said: “The planning authority keep rejecting the ideas we have had because we are told they have to have an association with the area and be deceased,” he said.
He added: “I am hoping there are people who can remember former pupils and they will send in their suggestions to us.”
As well as several streets in the borough named after heroes who sacrificed their lives in wars, a number were named after past councillors. Anyone with ideas for names can send them to bannisterdevelopments@ gmail.com