Country park to take shape on former Macaulay Lane tip in Grimsby?
OWNERS of land on and around the former Macaulay Lane tip are today preparing to submit two major planning applications for 250 homes and a country park.
Developers of the former Grimsby tip site will submit plans for the first time in December to transform part of it into a country park, and if given the green light, work is likely to start next year.
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Macaulay Lane Tip: Location of the proposed residential development. It entirely excludes the former landfill site to the west.
Soon afterwards, they will be applying for permission to build 250 homes on land next to it.
In theory, it is a renewal of plans already approved in 2002, 2007 and 2010, but permission for the latter will run out in January.
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However, it's the first time in the site's chequered history that a specific number of homes has been given in the submission.
Owners Istithimar P&O Estates Ltd (IPOE) then plan to sell the land on the open market to a residential developer.
They will hold an exhibition at Grimsby Auditorium on Tuesday where the plans will be shown to residents and interested parties as part of a consultation exercise.
The news comes as a separate plan for a further 400 homes in Humberston – separate to other planned developments in the village – was unveiled to New Waltham parish councillors last night.
Graham Corser, a director of IPOE, said of the Macaulay tip plan: "The purpose of this new application is to renew the existing permission. We then intend to sell the site on the open market to a residential developer.
"We are committed to ensuring the local community is properly consulted about our plans for the site prior to formally submitting a planning application.
"We are therefore holding a public exhibition to enable local residents and other interested parties to learn more about the proposal and make their views known to us."
The neighbouring former landfill site, where the country park would be, has a controversial past.
In 1997, it was earmarked as a possible location for a giant £30-million leisure complex, called Millennium Park, with a nine-screen cinema, restaurant, office space, nightclub and hotel, but although outline planning permission was granted at the time – which included provision for a country park – the scheme has been dogged by delays and legal wrangles, not least tests revealing traces of deadly substances such as ammonia and cyanide.
A separate application is to be submitted in respect of that issue, and a spokesman said: "The site will be appropriately remediated to the satisfaction of the local authority and Environment Agency as part of the works."
The work will be carried out by Millennium Park (Grimsby) Ltd, which is part of IPOE.
There was a fear that the chemicals could have seeped onto the adjoining land, earmarked for the homes, but those fears were allayed by a scientific study a few years ago.
The six-hectare site consists of a former school field and allotments, vacated when plot holders lost a court battle against eviction in 2001.
The exhibition will be held on Tuesday, between 2pm and 8pm.
Keep reading your Grimsby Telegraph for further details of the country park plan as they become available – and see your newspaper tomorrow for more on the separate plan for a further 400 homes in Humberston.
Comments
by acordis1
Thursday, September 13 2012, 9:20PM
“Just for the record EWWO1 the tip is not capped with clay,some building waste(arisings) containing a mix of concrete,bricks and some clay,where dumped along the eastern side of the tip in the late 70's early 80's as a convenient low cost disposal site for the rubble along with some fly tipping including asbestos,I have photo's taken at the time of lorries dumping the stuff to prove it. Clay is no longer used quite so much to cap a landfill nowadays because geo-synthetic membranes have replaced it............modern technology and all that stuff! The Environmental Consultants acting for MPG Ltd have confirmed this is the methodology they will be using on Macaulay Lane eventually............just thought you would like to know.”
by acordis1
Sunday, September 09 2012, 4:48PM
“The public should go on mass to the public consultation at the Auditorium on Tuesday 11th September 2012 and challenge the planners who represent Millennium Park(Grimsby)Ltd,the main developer of the site,about the toxic materials in the tip that can cause cancer and ask them why after 16 years they have failed to complete the development..............started with "Millennium Park" then "West Marsh Junction" last but not least " West Marsh Renaissance".............what next................ but at least we think they have abandoned building directly on top of the tip but would you seriously want to live within a few meters of the tip or play on top of it in the Country Park anyway???...............don't be fooled...........when the developers have gone if something goes wrong in the future it is the people living near it or using the site for leisure purposes that suffer the consequences...........just remember the children born with abnormalities living on or near the old Corby Steel Works in Northamptonshire when the Council said it was safe after they tried to clean up the site.
The tip has never been "fit for purpose" from day one when it was announced in 1996 that the Council intended to develop the site........keep the site fenced off indefinitely,don't disturb it, cap it properly, and deny public access,it is not in the public interest on health and safety grounds to develop it the way MPG and the Council want to.”
by grimoldie
Friday, September 07 2012, 7:39AM
“To do this right who ever owns,buys or develops this land MUST ensure it is safe by sealing the ground beneath to stop contaminants causing problems in the future.”
by porcelainblak
Thursday, September 06 2012, 9:35PM
“Olympic ice pad, 50 metre pool and diving area, sorted.
Then I woke up . . . council was same as ever.”
by EWW01
Thursday, September 06 2012, 7:45PM
“I used to play on the Macaulay Street tip sit as a kid in the early sixties.I just hope prospective home buyers know that it is a former refuse tip site.From memory I woulkd estimate the depth of refuse to have been at least 12 - 15' deep and now capped off with clay which will have obviously compacted the refuse under its weight.”
by lowryd1
Thursday, September 06 2012, 6:22PM
“I remember carting trash to this dump from the yarboro est during all the strikes in the early 70's. ( 50 pence a go - seemed like a lot of money then ) I could not buy a house with it's history - Great idea and location for some kind of center”
by grimrich
Thursday, September 06 2012, 3:53PM
“would also make a great multi purpose stadium and new swimming pool and ice arena to , away form any houses( except the new) and good rd , a rail access just a thought”
by GYman
Thursday, September 06 2012, 12:38PM
“The houses would be on top of the old allotments. Duh”
by billyliar
Thursday, September 06 2012, 12:25PM
“I'm guessing that this will be affordable housing but at what real cost ? birth defects and cancers a few years down the line.”
by Big-Hat-Harry
Thursday, September 06 2012, 12:13PM
“I like the idea of this site being redeveloped but wonder how much it will cost to clean the site first. I wonder, too, how much (little) the council will sell it for.”