Council leader upbeat about proposed housing project that will sit next to Grimsby's Alexandra Dock

                                            

Bird's eye view of the brownfield site which is close to Alexandra Dock

SOME 130 new homes could be built on a brownfield site between the Fishing Heritage Centre and the Youth Zone project building.

This follows fruitful talks between North East Lincolnshire Council, regeneration agency Homes England and developers.

Today, this announcement came from NELC's leader, Cllr Philip Jackson: "We want to create a place that connects the town and its community with its waterside, creating a an attractive urban living setting 

"Grimsby and the rest of the borough must develop as a region where people want to live and work. Otherwise, we risk stagnating.

"There is still a long way to go yet, and developments of this scale don’t happen overnight, but we are working to improve Grimsby town centre as a whole."

Slightly disappointing is that the homes  on the 6.25-acre site will apparently not be built by a Grimsby-area firm.

Instead, the contract has been awarded to Hull-based Keepmoat Homes which is expected to submit an  application for planning consent early in the New Year if not sooner.

Another aerial view of the 6.25-acre site

An artist's impression of another Keepmoat development - this one earmarked for a site on its home turf  in Hull