The rebirth of Grimsby Docks’ historic Kasbah area has taken a further step forward, with a planning application to submitted for the redevelopment of a redundant smokehouse.
Great Grimsby Ice Factory Trust has submitted the proposal to North East Lincolnshire Council, as it looks to restore the old Peterson’s building on Henderson Street.
The application has requested listed building consent for the refurbishment of the existing building for re-use as a smokehouse, including the reinstatement of cowels and the installation of an internal staircase, office and mess facilities.
This coincides with another plan to renovate within the empty ‘Fred’s Fish’ building, which sits opposite on Wharncliffe Road, for community/office use. When renovated, it is intended that both buildings will be let out and the revenue invested in future projects.
It could see another smoker emerge in the award-winning footsteps of Alfred Enderby, and the small band of traditional smokers who enjoy the protected status for their products.
Earlier this year, the GGIFT, which has extended its remit from just the Ice Factory to support Kasbah renovation, received an initial grant of £60,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and Architectural Heritage Fund to assist with this project.
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Trust chair, Vicky Hartung, said it had enabled her team to reach planning submission stage, and they were now looking at further grant awards towards the work itself, if permission was granted.
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“We are keen to get started on developing this project, which will restore two historic buildings, dramatically expanding production capacity for Grimsby’s unique traditional smoked fish and establishing an anchor building in an area of the Kasbah now designated for commercial use,” she said.
If successful, it would give the overall redevelopment of the Kasbah area a major boost and link in with the restoration being spearheaded by North East Lincolnshire Council and its regeneration partners Engie, which has the full support of landowners Associated British Ports, as part of the wider Great Grimsby Town Deal.
Dafydd Williams, head of communications and corporate affairs, at ABP Humber, said: “The Kasbah is full of heritage and is central to the commercial operations on Grimsby Docks. The potential that the area has for more businesses to join the docks, will help bring more jobs, and positive economy change.”
The area left a lasting impression on celebrity chef Marco Pierre White when he visited in the summer, with the godfather of the TV kitchen a big fan of the town’s premium dish.
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“When I walk down the streets it ignites my imagination as to what the old days must have been like all those years ago when it was thriving,” he told the Grimsby Telegraph when he helped launch Enderby’s mobile street food venture Ro-Ro. “There must have been thousands of people around, and the amount of fish, well, you just cannot get your head around it.”
Last year, the Kasbah was awarded £1 million Partnership Scheme in Conservation Areas funding. Comprising of £500,000 from Historic England, match-funded by North East Lincolnshire Council, businesses can apply for grants towards building renovation.