Camp 53 POW camp Wetherby: Housing plans at former prisoner of war camp refused by council

The site near Wetherby was known as Camp 53 during the war and initially housed Italian POWs following the success of the North Africa campaign in 1941. Later in the conflict, they were joined by Germans until they were moved to a different camp due to unrest between the two nationalities. The derelict site has been under the ownership of the same family since the the 1970s. They wanted to demolish five hostel structures to build three modern homes in their place.

A public display board was planned for in front of the homes with the site’s history. A brick water tower would also have been kept. However, the council came out against the unusual application on June 25 and refused the scheme, arguing it would damage the “historic social narrative of the site.” The council also said that the residential development would represent an encroachment of open countryside. A previous bid for five houses on the site was refused in 2017 and dismissed on appeal.

Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)

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