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A road is to be closed next month as part of works on the most northern section of the Spalding Western Relief Road. Blue Gowt Lane will be closed for a ‘month and a half’ from July 7, Lincolnshire County Council say. Sam Edwards, head of highways infrastructure, said: “As part of the ongoing construction of the Spalding Western Relief Road’s ...

Spalding’s Park Road has been closed again as investigations into why the road keeps collapsing continues Lincolnshire County Council has announced the full closure of the road from today following several years of issues on the route. Anglia Water has previously also carried out extensive work on the mainly residential street. The county council has not set a definite date ...

A bid to build a new Holbeach Health Hub is progressing, though slower than hoped, a councillor has said. South Holland District Council said in March it’s working with the Primary Care Network and NHS Lincolnshire on creating a new and expanded town centre building for the Holbeach Medical Practice.The exact location hasn’t officially been revealed but The Voice understands ...

The new chairman of Holbeach Parish Council says he’s looking to create a four-year plan to ‘have a vision, mission and objectives’. Coun Clive Turner has taken on the role after Coun Sophie Hutchinson stepped down just two months after taking over the role from former councillor Stephen Johnson.She told The Voice she stepped down “because although I clearly have ...

A parish council has put a halt on all projects after its finance officer claimed ‘it’s in a bit of a mess’. Holbeach is looking to refocus on projects for ‘two months max’, Coun Rick Stevens told its latest meeting.“I think we’re in a bit of a mess at the moment and not concentrating on the right areas where we ...

Plans have been submitted to create a holiday park in Whaplode on a site previously allocated for a gypsy and traveller site. VMM Properties Ltd is looking to build 19 lodges and associated buildings including reception alongside two new fishing lakes at Bleu Ray Farm off Mill Gate.Despite local opposition, permission had been granted for a four-berth site for the ...

A plan to increase the number of unrelated people living in one Spalding house to nine has been thrown out. Mr D Bowden had applied to turn the four bedroom detached property in Stonegate into a seven-bed Home of Multiple Occupancy (HMO).It would include two new bedrooms downstairs and a room upstairs halved to make it five rooms on the ...

A home in the centre of Crowland where dog breeding has been taking place has been denied retrospective planning permission to continue operating. Last week’s meeting of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee heard that the home on North Street had been granted a licence for 20 bitches in 2020, but had never been given the required change of use ...

There’s ten projects set to receive a share of £4.9m in the latest round of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund allocated to the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland is a partner. Those receiving the money that work in this area include the Lincolnshire Community Foundation – Levelling Up Community Grants Programme which is to match ...

Travelling along the A16 during a year’s worth of roadworks on two roundabouts is going to be ‘difficult’ a councillor has claimed, but added it will be worth it in the long run. On Tuesday Lincolnshire County Council’s Cabinet backed plans to widen and improve the road’s junctions near Greencell and Springfields/McDonald’s costing around £15m.Work is due to start on ...

Residents of a Spalding housing estate highlighted anti-social behaviour that’s affecting their lives at a public meeting last week. Fed up residents around Severn Road called the gathering as they felt the issues weren’t being heard or dealt with.South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes, and representatives from South Holland District Council, including portfolio holder for communities Coun ...

Work on the next stage of Spalding’s relief road could start sooner than the 2030 date predicted by Lincolnshire County Council. Last week it was revealed that the £28m allocated for the second section had been moved by the county council to another project.The result means the council would not be able to fund the next stage until 2030 – ...

There are calls for the reinstatement of Two Plank Bridge, closed for work on the relief road. The bridge, used by residents as a traffic-free link to Spalding, was closed in 2021 initially for two years.Work on the first section of the bypass was delayed and finally started in January 2022 and the bridge is not scheduled to re-open for ...

Plans for a new facility to support homeless veterans and reintegrate them back into society have been approved by South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee. The facility, known as Project Dignity, will be located on land at Terekmok, situated on Station Road in Gedney Hill. John Murray, a former serviceman, will spearhead the initiative, with the support of partner Mel ...

Plans to build 56 new homes in Long Sutton have been rejected by South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee, who raised concerns about overdevelopment. The proposal by developer Strinder Homes (SPV2) Ltd for a housing complex on land at the northern edge of Long Sutton was turned down on Wednesday.Strinder Homes argued that the site was well-connected to the town, ...

Councillors have backed a £120,000 revamp of the tennis courts at Ayscoughfee Gardens. South Holland District Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday night voted through the plan to accept a £100,000 grant from the UK Government and LTA Tennis Foundation.The authority itself will be providing £20,000 for the work.That’s due to start later this month and the meeting heard is to be ...

A South Holland company looking to double its turnover to £25m a year is looking to expand into new premises. Horizon Agricultural Machinery, (now G Sly Holdings Ltd) was formed in 2006 and started manufacturing hi-tech equipment in 2018.In 2010 the company had seven employees and now it has 52 with plans to increase exports by 75 per cent.A planning ...

South Holland District Council is to buy land for a new depot to house vehicles and equipment that was previously stored at the Holbeach site it sold to Aldi, some of which is now on land being leased to one of its councillors. Waste vehicles that were at the Fleet Street site are currently on land leased to Station Storage ...

A Weston Hills man has been fined in relation to a pile of fly-tipped tyres. Christopher Cooley, of St Johns Road in the village was found guilty, in his absence, of failing to help a South Holland District Council officer in the execution of his duties between November 14, 2022 and January 11, 2023.The authority said the order related to ...

Labour shortages in the farming industry could be linked to loneliness, members of Lincolnshire County Council have suggested. A report brought before the council warned that staff shortages in Lincolnshire will threaten the agricultural sector if they are not solved soon, writes local democracy reporter James Turner.It highlighted that farms across the county are struggling to hire new workers who ...