I went to a Masterplan Briefing/Workshop/forum on the future of Sleaford last week - at NKDC. We are at the sky-blue thinking stage!
Without going into too much detail, the main objective was to get peoples views on how Sleaford should develop in the next 30 years or so. Developments at Holdingham and adjacent areas featured: mainly because, at the outset, the emphasis seemed to be about what we, as a Town, would focus on given that our population and housing stock will rise sharply.
Potentially Holdingham could connect, by housing development, the neighbouring parish of Leasingham. Simultaneously it could be connected to East Road via an inner ring road.
What seemed to emerge was a belief that Sleaford should develop as its main economic and business interests developed: i.e. we need a town with the population, age distribution and skills, required to meet our reason for existing. The main downside was that, if we are not careful, we will resurrect and re-enforce, the problems that have come about from the first wave of housing development 10-20 years ago.
Let's not repeat the same mistake again!
