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Dozens of flats planned in former insurance offices – latest planning applications

A score of flats is proposed in High Street, Scunthorpe.

A planning application has been made to check if prior approval is needed for the change of use of former insurance offices to 26 self-contained flats. The former offices are on the first, second and third floors of 172-182 High Street.

One of the taller buildings on the high street, distinct with its chocolate grid style first floor front, the ground floor’s use is to remain unchanged. It is home to a Romanian supermarket chain, La Cocoș, and a barber’s.

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Read on below to find out more about recent planning applications in Scunthorpe and North Lincolnshire.

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Most of the 26 proposed flats will be one bed, with a lounge and small kitchen, as well as bathroom. Several also have study rooms and one room in the submitted plans it appears will have two bedrooms, and another three.

Scunthorpe and Epworth conversions

DSS Property Investments has applied to confirm prior approval for change of use of other vacant offices in Scunthorpe town centre. These are located in Frances Street and St Mary’s Street, just south of the high street.

Unused office spaces are proposed to be converted into five flats. Three will have two bedrooms each, and the others one bedroom each. In an application document, Keystone Architecture say it “will provide low cost accommodation for people seeking to live in a central location”. External alterations will be minor, to just windows and doors on the rear elevation.



High Street, Epworth - down to the right just before the Post Office is the building proposed for conversion
High Street, Epworth – down to the right just before the Post Office is the building proposed for conversion

Over in the Isle of Axholme and a property with a varied life in Epworth High Street is proposed to be turned into a home. The property’s ground floor was most recently a former tanning salon, and before that a solicitor’s. The first floor of the building, located near the town’s Post Office, is already a flat.

The proposals would see the first floor have three bedrooms, kitchen area and bathroom, and the ground floor be converted into sitting, dining and utility rooms, and with a loo.

Pub conversion back again

There is a renewed application for three homes to replace the site of a former pub in Scawby Brook, close to Brigg. In 2020, a hybrid application was made for change of use of King William IV to residential, and outline permission to demolish and replace with three dormer bungalows.

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This was granted, but the time period for progress on the new homes element has lapsed. This has meant a renewed application has had to be made. The homes would all have three bedrooms each. The village pub, well-rated on TripAdvisor, was marketed before the original application to convert it.

Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe

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