New homes in prospect on site of former engineering works near Cleethorpes water tower

The site off Pelham Road which has been earmarked for a small housing development

A SEVEN-home development is on the cards for a plot close to  the 43-metre tall water tower and Chapman's pond in Cleethorpes.

North East Lincolnshire Council planners have given a Solihull man  the green light to erect five linked houses and a pair of semi-detached houses on land formerly occupied by Unifab Engineering off Pelham Road.

The application site is roughly rectangular in shape and  currently hard surfaced. It used to serve as   car park to the Unifab works which  have long been demolished.

Before the application was decided, there had been a note of concern that construction works could disturb historic contamination which might leach into Chapman's  pond - an important site for various fish species plus birds such as nesting great crested grebes and sedge warblers.

However, these provisional misgivings were not deemed sufficient to warrant refusal of planning consent by the NELC planning case officer.                                           

Water tower and Chapman's Pond - an important refuge for uncommon wildlife