Approval for £1.2bn Scunthorpe garden city

North Lincolnshire Council’s planning committee has given planning permission for the first housing phase of its proposed Lincolnshire Lakes development.Lincolnshire Lakes is a proposed garden city of six new villages totalling 6,000 homes to be built around five lakes on farmland near Scunthorpe. North Lincolnshire Council is using the planning powers under New Towns legislation to promote the £1.2bn plans as a garden city.Yesterday, 31st July 2019, the council planning committee gave planning permission for 2,500 new homes, a lake, a village centre, parks, community facilities, and a new school as part of the wider scheme.Earlier this year, plans were approved for a new £13.5m roundabout on the M181 to give access to the development and act as a bypass for Burringham village.Along the banks of the River Trent to the west of the Lincolnshire Lakes site, a £13.3m government-funded flood defence scheme is nearing completion, to protect existing villages and prepare for the Lincolnshire Lakes development.As part of the planning conditions for the scheme, developers will be asked to provide:a new primary schooltwo destination parks in village one and five, and one allotmentthe construction of a lake£250,000 extension to an existing school in Scunthorpe£5m contribution to a secondary school£518,000 towards junction improvements to the B1450 Burringham Road/Scotter Road£1m further improvements to the B1450 Burringham Roada £1.3m public transport contribution£500,000 towards the new M181 junction scheme, which has already secured over £7m in government finance.The council’s planning team includes Tibbalds, The Environment Partnership and consulting engineer Campbell Reith.