By Councillor warns of ‘sensational’ risk to town centre
A councillor has called for urgent action after their constituencies town centre is at serious risk of being lost.
The Louth councillor asked for action as several other East Lindsey sites on a list of heritage at serious risk of being lost.
Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register gives an annual evaluation of the ‘critical health’ of England’s most valued historic places.
They monitor those at risk of being lost, neglected, and sites with unsatisfactory development. In November, 11 sites across Lincolnshire were added to the register for 2022, including seven in East Lindsey.
The sites included Louth Town Centre, the Church of St Botolph in Skidbrook, and the Windmill on East Street, in Alford.
Historic England’s website, there are 50 sites in East Lindsey included in the risk.
Councillor Jill Makinson-Sanders said implored councils to take action.
Presented before the full cabinet meeting for East Lindsey District Council next Wednesday, she called for an independent review into the effectiveness of planning, historic environment, and enforcement systems, as well as a timeline and funding estimates.
She said: “Louth is meant to be East Lindsey’s foremost market town and, being Louth born and bred, I like to look after it.
“We are having to spend so much time and effort on the Towns Fund deals that I think we have probably taken our eye off the ball.”
“For Louth Town Centre to be deemed as at risk is pretty sensational,” she added.
“Unless we do something about it, it runs away with itself and we have got to be diligent and sort it out now before it gets any worse.
“We should be looking to improve things, I want to pass on a nicer town to my nearest and dearest when I pop off.”
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