WW2 prison camp will not be demolished for housing2 days ago By Thomas Barrett , Local Democracy Reporting Service ShareLDRS The frames of the 1940s huts at the camp remainPlans to demolish the remains of a World War Two prison camp to build housing have been turned down. The former "Camp 53" near Wetherby housed Italian prisoners of war captured during the Allies' campaign in North Africa in 1941. The derelict camp at Kirk Deighton has been owned by the same family since the 1970s. However, councillors refused the proposal and said that housing would damage the "historic social narrative" of the camp. A previous scheme for five houses on the site was turned down in 2017 and dismissed at appeal.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 28, 2024 21:21 UTC