Housing boom underway as new development is given go-ahead
APPROVAL FOR 58 PROPERTIES ON FORMER SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD
COUNCILLORS have approved a new housing development in Cleethorpes with the prospect of f thousands of new homes in the borough.
Developers have already started d building many of the new homes earmarked for North East Lincolnshire.
The latest to receive the goahead is the former Matthew Humberstone playing field off Davenport Drive.
Ten per cent of the 58 homes will be allocated for affordable housing to help families on low incomes, councillors agreed as they received a grant of £490,600 from Homes England to get the work started soon.
The accelerated construction grant will allow North East Lincolnshire Council to press ahead with infrastructure work, construction of an access from Davenport Drive, new utility services up to the site and submission of outline planning permission. NELC portfolio holder for economic growth, housing and tourism, Councillor Callum Procter told cabinet members: “It is exciting. It enables us to deliver significantly on our housing plan.” Council leader, Councillor Philip Jackson said he was pleased an “urban area” was earmarked for homes development.
“It is good to see it is in an urban location, rather than on the greenfield sites that we have seen so often.”
Croft Baker ward councillor Oliver Freeston said: “This is really good news. It is a key pledge of Government and the local council to t make k b building ildi h homes a priority i it and meet the increasing demand. It will be another 58 households to help out when they need it. It is good it is in an urban area and not out of town and we are making sure there are affordable homes.” The playing field site was sold for development in order to pay, in part, for the relocation of Bursar Academy from Bursar Street to the Clee Road site. Matthew Humberstone lower school closed in 2010 and the decision to develop the site was made in 2017.
It is near to the site at Hewitt’s Circus which is subject to an appeal for around 80 new homes. Private developer Ming Yeung won an appeal over two years ago to develop the former farmland opposite Tesco superstore. It is one part of a wider stretch of land which is earmarked in the Strategic Land Housing Assessment which could see around 1,500 homes built next to Weelsby Woods.
Ward councillor for Humber
Matthew Humberston Playing Fields, off Davenport Drive, Cleethorpes. ston t and dN New W Waltham, lth St Stephen h Harness, anticipated his ward could grow to over 10,000 electors, in contrast to the neighbouring Waltham ward with 5,000 voting residents.
“If the development went ahead it would be like having another Scartho Top. It would be very big,” he told the Grimsby Telegraph. He is expecting Barratt Developments to start their 239-homes development next to Toll Bar soon. It is the first Barratt homes development in North East Lincolnshire. In his same ward the Par 3 development of around 120 homes in progressing and the Millennium Park development has 400 homes earmarked for Humberston.
Keystone has completed most of its phased construction of around 400 homes and nearby Becklands has 200 homes.
Work has also begun to pave the way for a further 850 homes at Scartho Top.
Pleasure Island was an important part of both mine and my children’s childhoods and I feel it’s such a shame to see the park in its
current state
Mike Hardy
A FINAL look at Pleasure Island has been shared by a drone operator who has captured the end of an era for the 57-acre site.
Pleasure Island has been earmarked to become a ‘Center Parcs by the sea’ - with luxury lodges, a holiday centre and hotel in a £80million development set to create hundreds of jobs. A large superstore is included in the planning application due to be submitted this month. Drone enthusiast Mike Hardy captured a final look at the site before work on the scheme starts.
He told the Grimsby Telegraph:
“Pleasure Island was an important part of both mine and my children’s childhoods and I feel it’s such a shame to see the park in its current state.
“I also feel it’s important to document changes to the town for future generations to see. My plan is to record the regeneration of the site as it’s developed into the planned holiday resort.”
The footage was shot on Mike’s Dji Mini 2 with his son, Travis Hardy. In the video, you can see how derelict the buildings - once bustling with families enjoying a day out - have now become.
The partners behind the huge transformation of the former Pleasure Island theme park site have revealed how their plan could help transform Cleethorpes seafront, with work starting later this year. An application with detailed plans to turn the former 57-acre site into a holiday destination with 250 ecolodges, an hotel and superstore has now being submitted.
Adrian Smith and Ming Yeung, who both hail from North East Lincolnshire, said the opportunity to seize the growing holiday stay-cation market in the wake of the coronavirus lockdowns should not be missed.
Pleasure Island theme park opened in 1993 and closed four years ago due to dwindling attendances. It has stood abandoned and derelict ever since.
The new owners of the site have worked with supermarket giant Lidl which will build a superstore on the site and be the first in the UK to provide its own delivery service. There will be an associated petrol station and drive-thru coffee shop and two leisure units.
Adrian told the Grimsby Telegraph he expected the application to be submitted this month.
“We are hoping it will be determined by September and we can move on with the development before Christmas,” he said. Initial groundwork to make the water sports lake could begin sooner, he told.
It will host activities including kayaking, paddle boarding and canoeing. Among the other activities and attractions are new food hall is planned with 25 start up kitchens each offering a unique culinary experience. There will also be a new public square overlooking the lake for public events, festivals and gatherings.
A 148-bedroom hotel is also proposed.