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| This former cycle shop at 107 Grimsby Road in Cleethorpes is set to become a hot food takeaway premises. There have been no objections from neighbours, and the application has been approved by North East Lincolnshire Council planners. The proposal includes the installation of a 5.1-metre high extraction flue to the rear. |
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| The former betting shop and flat on Grimsby Road |
BOOKMAKERS William Hill have vacated their only remaining shop in Cleethorpes.
The branch in Market Place closed several years ago, and now the long-establised firm has bid farewell to its premises at 249 Grimsby Road.
More and more betting shops are closing as punters switch to online betting.
The property, which includes a two-bedroom flat above, is due to go under the hammer at an online-only auction to be held on March 31-April 1.
Say the Auction Agent website: "This is a superb opportunity to purchase a vacant mixed-use premises.
"The property occupies a prominent main road position in Cleethorpes and benefits from good transport links as well as convenient access to a wide range of local amenities with Grimsby Town Football Club, Cleethorpes Beach and St Hugh’s Hospital all within walking distance.
"A good selection of shops, pubs, restaurants and schools are all nearby, further enhancing the appeal of this mixed-use investment opportunity."
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| Until it closed, The Jungle Zoo was habitat of parrots, macaws and other colourful creatures |
The zoo closed several years ago since when most of the buildings were destroyed by a fire
But now planning application has been submitted for the cleared site to become a centre for padel - a fast-growing raquet sport sometimes compared to a cross between tennis and squash and usually played in doubles.
As well as outdoor courts, there would be a clubhouse.
Agents for the applicants, Hull-based East Coast Padel Ltd, say: "Overall, the proposed development represents a positive and beneficial reuse of the site for leisure purposes.
"It would reinstate an active recreational use, delivering modern, accessible, and much needed sports facilities for the local community, to be delivered by a padel operator with a proven track record.
"It will make a valuable contribution to the health and wellbeing of residents while enhancing the recreational offer of Cleethorpes and more widely."
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| Padel being played on a court in Hull |
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| Most of the rubble remains of the aviaries and enclosures have now been cleared |
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| Sharon Wroot will provide continuity and stability |
NINE months after she took over the helm of North East Lincolnshire Council, Sharon Wroot is set to be confirmed as its permanent chief executive.
Following its meeting yesterday, the authority's appointments committee decided she was the most suitable candidate for the role.
However, Ms Wroot will not be able to crack open a celebration bottle of bubbly until the committee's recommendation is rubber-stamped at the March 26 meeting of the full council.
A qualified accountant, Ms Wroot's career with the authority began in 2010 when she joined as finance director.
Subsequently, she held the roles of executive director of environment, economy and resources plus deputy chief executive.
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| Uprooted. No future for this ornamental tree in Pier Gardens |
WORK is now well underway on the clearance of lawns and shrubs in Pier Gardens to make the site more of a giant equipment-laden playground.
Sad to say, the activity is coinciding with the start of nesting season.
As a result, many birds - including robins, wrens, blue tits, house sparrows, goldfinches, blackbirds, pied wagtails and starlings - have suddenly lost a place where they always used to feed, roost and nest.
North East Lincolnshire Council believes that once completed, in spring next year, the scheme will be to the delight of residents and visitors like.
Alas, precious songbird habitat is being lost to the chainsaw
Where once was a lawn is now a mountain of soil
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| Interviews will be held here tomorrow |
The future of the authority is uncertain pending a proposed reorganisation of local government in Lincolnshire and other parts of the country.
The top post at NELC has been vacant since Rob Walsh left in May last year after 11 years in the hot seat.
Since then, Sharon Wroot has won quiet acclaim for the competence with which she has held the reins on an interim basis.
It is not known either if Ms Wroot has applied to take over on a permanent basis or how many other candidates - whether internal or external - have thrown their hat into the ring.
The advantage of appointing an internal candidate is that it would most likely encourage continuity at a time when NELC has many capital projects at various states of progress, some of them not very fast.
Appointment of an outside candidate - assuming the post has been advertised externally - would be riskier, but might bring fresh thinking and imagination, plus much-needed dynamism in "getting things done".
The interviews are being held between 10am and 3pm in the Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby.
Firing the questions will be members of NELC's appointments committee which comprises chairman Philip Jackson (Con), deputy chairman Stan Shreeve (Con), Margaret Cracknell (Con), Emma Clough (Lab), Karl Wilson (Lab), Steve Beasant (Lib-Dem) and Steve Holland (Ind).
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| The field earmarked for new houses (Image: Google Earth) |
NINE new homes are in prospect for land off Cheapside in Waltham.
Utterby-based C J Wilkinson & Sons have earmarked a 6.7-hectare field almost opposite the village golf course's club house.
Their agents say the site can accommodate the proposed properties "without appearing or feeling cramped and, importantly, respecting the neighbours' residential amenities".
There are a number of trees to the site’s boundaries, all of which will survive, say the applicants, if they are deemed "worthy of retention".
However, securing planning permission from North East Lincolnshire Council may be a challenge given that the field is not identified as a development site in the Local Plan.
There is also concern for the welfare of a family of Barn Owls, a highly protected species, which forage for small rodents in the long grass and which are thought to nest in the vicinity.
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| Barn Owl on the prowl |
