Plans submitted for new fire station

Lincolnshire County Council said the current facilities at Leverton are not up to standard

Plans have been submitted for a new fire station in a Lincolnshire village.

The station would be on land off the A52 at Leverton near Boston.

Lincolnshire County Council said it was difficult to manoeuvre fire appliances on the current station, on Main Road, which also lacked sufficient training and welfare facilities.

Residents will be able to ask questions about the plans at a public information event on Wednesday.

The council said firefighters had to travel to other stations at Boston or Skegness for training which could reduce their availability.

There was also a lack of parking for additional fire service vehicles at the current station, the authority said.

Richard Butroid, executive councillor for property services, said: "Our preferred option is to construct a new station elsewhere in the village as there are limitations to what we can do on the current site.

"Although it’s possible to modernise some of the facilities, the site is small and this wouldn’t get over the problems of a lack of training facilities and the manoeuvrability difficulties that our fire crew experience."

A planning application has been submitted and a public information event will be held at the fire station on 25 September from 15:00 to 18:30 BST.

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