Historic Bourne bridge faces demolition as 373 home plan passed Tribute to be paid through plaza Bridge 234. | Photo: Councillor Ian Selby A developer’s 373 home plan for Bourne, which includes the demolition of a historic railway bridge, has been approved. South Kesteven District Council gave the go ahead to Bellway Homes’ proposals for land south of Harvey Close and west of Wincanton Way on Wednesday. Bridge 234, which previously carried an unsurfaced track over the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway Bourne-Saxby line, will be demolished as part of the plans due to concerns it is not “structurally safe”. The developer will mark the bridge’s location with a paved piazza including original limestone blocks from the bridge in response to two petitions containing a combined 1,735 signatures calling for the bridge, and the whole site, to be preserved.