Monthly Archive 6 November 2023

North East Lincolnshire Council (NELC) has been awarded £18.4m of Levelling Up Funding (LUF) to transform Cleethorpes seafront. This includes three key areas – Market Place, Pier Gardens and Sea Road.

As part of this process, the council has launched a tender for design consultants to play an integral role in the rejuvenation of Cleethorpes’ Market Place.

The rejuvenation will add space for social interaction – reconnecting our busy seafront and town centre – create jobs, and boost the economy. These improvements will re-balance the relationship between traffic and pedestrians, encouraging wider circulation of people through the town. This project will provide a safer, healthier, and more pleasant environment for pedestrians, encouraging a circular route from the seafront through to Market Place and to the town centre. 

Starting in January 2024, the council’s delivery partner Equans and NELC’s project management team will work in partnership with the successful design consultancy to develop designs. Community engagement events will be undertaken with local businesses, the wider community, and residents within the vicinity of Market Place. These events will be designed to generate interest and ideas which will assist with the development of concept designs for Market Place.  Once designs are finalised, a main contractor will be appointed during the summer, with works starting thereafter.

The tender is now open through YORtender for potential applicants and will close on Wednesday 27 November at midday. Please visit the following links for more:

• Design Architect Cleethorpes Levelling Up Fund – Market Place – Contracts Finder- external site 
• Public quote/tender – Design Architect Cleethorpes Levelling Up Fund – Market Place (eu-supply.com)- external site 

Councillor Philip Jackson, Leader of the council, said: “The area for regeneration presents a unique opportunity to create spaces that will become an attraction for residents and visitors alike. These are early stages of the development and the Cleethorpes LUF projects will take time, but we are working towards improving the offering of the resort even further to make it an all-year-round destination.”

Meanwhile, work is continuing on the appointment of a design consultant to lead on the regeneration of Pier Gardens.

About the three LUF projects:

The vision is to regenerate three key areas of the resort:

• Rejuvenate the historic Market Place for social interaction, reconnecting our busy seafront and town centre, creating jobs and boosting the economy. This scheme proposes major improvements to the square and the reintroduction of a functioning historic marketplace. 
• Redevelop the Sea Road site opposite the Pier to provide a tourism destination. It will include public amenities and a changing places facility, as well as commercially lettable space across all floors of the building, which may include different providers in retail and hospitality. 
• Regenerate Pier Gardens (an existing linear park stretching from Sea Road to the Memorial Gate), retaining the Victorian heritage and feel, but incorporating various new activities. In the Masterplan consultation, people wanted to see more made of the gardens, with additional seating, planting to increase biodiversity, and improved areas for children’s play, events and performances, and spaces for reflection and contemplation.

Article from NELC.

North East Lincolnshire Council is relaunching a scheme to help communities to safely clean an alleyway or open space in their neighbourhood.

Applications open on Wednesday 1 November for Clear It, the new voluntary community clearance scheme.

The scheme is aimed at people who live with alleyways or patches of neglected land that suffer with fly-tipping.

Anyone interested can complete an online application form at www.nelincs.gov.uk/clear-it by the end of December.

Thanks to last year’s Clear-It scheme, volunteers worked with the Council to clear six alleyways and other problem areas, including land beside some garages in Great Coates. The alleyways volunteers cleared included Weelsby Street, Durban Road, Algernon Street, Arthur Street, St Helier’s Road, and Wellington Street.

How does it work?

With Clear It, the Voluntary Community Clearance scheme, the Council aims to support communities to come together, safely clean up an alleyway or an open space in their area and improve community pride.

Volunteers will take responsibility for removing waste from an alleyway or patch of land and Council staff will help dispose of it.

The Council will also lend equipment such as litter pickers, bin bags and large bins.

Officers will arrange a site meeting with successful applicants to assess the site, the amount of waste and agree a date for the work.

Cllr Stewart Swinburn, portfolio holder for Environment and Transport, said:

“We’re bringing back Clear It to help those who are willing to come together and clear illegally dumped waste from an alleyway or patch of neglected land that’s not owned by the Council.

“When we first launched Clear It in 2022, we helped volunteers dispose of 48.73 tonnes of illegally dumped waste from problem areas.

“We’d like to see these types of spaces given a fresh start so they become vibrant places the community can enjoy and make better use of.

“If you are keen to transform a neglected alleyway or patch of land, please use the online application form at www.nelincs.gov.uk/clear-it.”

 Cllr Ron Shepherd, portfolio holder for Safer and Stronger Communities, added:

“Clear It gives people the opportunity to work with their neighbours and take ownership of their shared space.

“We sympathise with people whose lives are affected by mess left in their alleyways, but they are private property and it’s not the Council’s job to keep them clean.

“Not all wards have alleyways, so to make the scheme fair and open to all parts of the borough, we are including patches of land that aren’t part of the Council’s usual street cleansing duties. These might be areas where the owner can’t be traced or where it’s not clear who’s responsible for it.

“We’re willing to help those who organise themselves and put plans in place to try and bring their alleyway or a neglected patch of land into use after we’ve helped them by disposing of the rubbish.”

Visit www.nelincs.gov.uk/clear-it for more details. If you have questions about the scheme, please email cleanandgreen@nelincs.gov.uk

Article and image from NELC.