Outline permission has been sought for a potential major employment development at the back of Gallagher Retail Park, Scunthorpe.
Lindum Group Ltd have applied for initial permission for up to 19,000 sq m of development over a 12.6 acre site to the north of the retail park. Floor space would be divided between class E(g), which ranges from offices, to research and development of products, or industrial processes, and B8, storage and distribution.
Should permission be granted, all matters except the access route will be decided via a later application. The site is being marketed by Lindum Group Ltd as Stratum Park.
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Read on below for more about the development plans, and other recent applications, such as a new use for a disused Scunthorpe bakery.
Stratum Park development
The end users of the Stratum Park site are still to be confirmed, which goes a long way to explaining the rather broad brief of the planning application. The 19,000 sq m development could be split between three sites of relatively even size, or two, with one twice the size of the other.
A glossy eight page brochure is available on Lindum’s website, promoting the development. It states the new buildings will be available for freehold sale, or leasehold to let.
While no company has been confirmed yet for the proposed development, Lindum state in the application’s covering letter that initial marketing has “been met with high levels of interest”. Access to the proposed development would be decided at outline permission stage. Use of the existing Gallagher Park Road through the retail park has been put forward.
Vacant bakery revamp
A former Polish bakery in Frodingham Road, Scunthorpe, could get a new lease of life. An application has been made to turn the 195 sq m space into a hardware store.
This would be done through internal alterations only. Indicative hours of opening are 7am to 8pm on weekdays, 7am to 5pm Saturdays and 10am to 4pm Sundays.
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Nine homes in Messingham
Outline permission is sought for nine homes to the rear of Manor Farm, Messingham. The site is currently a mix of brownfield and scrubland.
Jackson Philips Asset Solutions are the applicants. A sequential test was taken to identify other brownfield and greenfield sites within the village for nine homes. None were found.
“Messingham has undergone little new development for more than a decade because of restrictive development limits,” state Jackson Philips in a document. It adds the village is compact, and an extremely popular residential area, with prices above the North Lincolnshire average.
Beacon resurrection
Finally, Epworth Town Council have applied for permission to put a beacon near disused, Grade II-listed Maw’s Mill. Its first use would be for the 80th anniversary of D-Day on June 6. It would be used subsequently for other community events that warrant beacon fire lighting.
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Epworth used to have a beacon. It was made by well-known, agricultural local firm, Harris of Epworth, in time for the 400th anniversary of the Spanish Armada. The new beacon will incorporate some of the history of the old, a document states, but it will also have a retractable metal pole. This will make the lighting of it easier.
It is contended “it will actually add to the heritage of the site itself” and as an extra visitor attraction. The proposed position has been chosen to have minimal impact on the mill.
Original artice: https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/all-about/scunthorpe
