Cleethorpes has seen a fair few grandiose projects touted over the years, some of which have come to fruition while others have sadly fizzled away. In 2022 an exciting masterplan to rejuvenate the resort was unveiled by award-winning designer Wayne Hemmingway MBE and was approved by North East Lincolnshire Council 's cabinet a few weeks later. The proposals include a regeneration of the North Promenade, and a pedestrianised Market Square among other improvements.
This week, the plans took a major leap forward, which you can read all about here. Of course, it's not the first time a grand masterplan has been proposed though some were perhaps a little too ambitious to come to life, including repeated rumblings about bringing the resort into the 21st Century with elaborate schemes including a proposed tram or even a monorail. READ MORE: When Grimsby had a zoo billed as the 'Whipsnade of the North' Read more nostalgia stories from Grimsby Live here In March 1986, the then Cleethorpes Borough Council unveiled some big plans in a report called The Way Forward.
In it were ambitious schemes for an ultra-modern railway station near Blundell Park, a new superstore and hotel, and an amenity area around Chapman’s Pond. Other proposals included a tram or monorail to run right along the seafront along with a new shopping development on the car park in St Peter’s Avenue; a new hotel next to the Wellow Hotel; a council-run chalet and caravan and a giant country park. The plan was to bring.