Allotments site in Cleethorpes earmarked for CCTV scheme to safeguard crops - and record wildlife

                                                          

Plotholders keen to deter pilfering - and monitor wildlife

FIVE CCTV cameras could be installed on an allotments site in Cleethorpes if planners give the go-ahead.

It is hoped the presence of cameras might deter and/or detect pilfering of fruit and veg by out-of-hours intruders at the Beacon Hill allotments site off Montgomery Road.

The footage could also identify antisocial behaviour.

But there is another more positive motive for the project.

Plotholders are keen to record the activities of the extensive wildlife - including unusual birds, deer and butterflies - that frequently come calling, especially after dark. 

There are 120 individual plots on the 7.4-acre site.

However, there has been at least one objection - from a Montgomery Road resident fearful of loss of privacy within her own adjacent garden.

The application, which has been submitted by Fiona Milner, of  Beacon Hill Allotment and Leisure Gardeners' Society, is currently under consideration by North East Lincolnshire Council.

It is expected to be determined early in the New Year.

                                            

Robins are regular visitors to allotments as are many less common birds