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Councillors say they have a glimmer of hope in their request for central government to offset the large cost of drainage boards on the area. The latest draft of South Holland District Council’s budget for the 2023/24 financial year states the internal drainage boards in the area have asked for between nine and 26 percent more than last year amid ...

A senior Lincolnshire County Councillor has said plans for new power pylons across Lincolnshire including through South Holland would “devastate the landscape”. Portfolio holder for economy and environment, Councillor Colin Davie, has backed a national campaign against the construction of 50-metre high pylons across countryside writes local democracy reporter Daniel Jaines. National Grid’s proposed £54 billion plans for Lincolnshire include plans for ...

The newly appointed ‘enviro-crime’ team will give a council’s new fly-tipping policy teeth, it’s been claimed. South Holland District Council is to adopt the Litter and Fly-Tipping Strategy along with the other two councils in the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership. It was discussed by the authority’s Cabinet on Tuesday when Coun Bryan Alcock said he had concerns it ...

Plans for an already started housing development will need to go back to the drawing board after they were turned down last week. Allison Homes was asked to stop building north of Roman Road by South Holland District Council due to conditions having not been agreed. Numerous objections had been submitted over the proposal for 86 homes passed in 2021. ...

A war memorial and visitor centre will be built in Fleet after planners went against council officer recommendations and passed plans. Harold Payne has been given the go-ahead to build the memorial next to his Anglia Motel on the A17 for soldiers who have died in all conflicts. Planning officers had recommended it be refused due to the plans including ...

Parking restrictions on a South Holland trading estate are going to be implemented by the county council. Members of Lincolnshire County Council’s planning and regulation committee have backed the proposal at a meeting this week. The plan for yellow lines and restricted waiting areas on Edison Court, Pinchbeck, were first mooted by the authority in October 2021. The proposal went ...

Plans for a new 48MW solar farm in Holbeach Bank have been submitted to South Holland District Council. AUK PE12 Ltd wants to build the 65.5 hectare facility on land north of Roman Bank and East of Middle Marsh Road at Red House Farm. The rest of the 80 acre site would be retrained for agricultural use, writes Local Democracy ...

Parking restrictions on a South Holland industrial estate look set to be approved almost a year after the plan was postponed. Members of Lincolnshire County Council’s planning and regulation committee are discussing the move on Edison Court, Pinchbeck, at a meeting on Monday. The plan was first mooted in October 2021 and consultation letters were sent out in May last ...

Spalding bus station was branded ‘disgraceful and shameful’ as calls were made to improve it. Resident David Jones argued the least the facility off Winfrey Avenue should have was complete and up to date time tables of buses at last week’s meeting of Spalding Town Forum. “I was thinking what it’s like if you arrive in Spalding on a bus ...

A Spalding man who played a huge role in the horticulture industry locally has died aged 90. Keith Butters, who set up Butters Factory Shop on Kellett Gate, first started as a young boy grading bulbs at Van Geest Nurseries and ended up spending 27 years working with them. At the age of 21 he helped with the new banana ...

A councillor has called on everyone using Spalding’s council-owned facilities to be careful with energy usage as the share of council tax town residents pay has increased. The Spalding Special Expense is to go up for a band D property by 90p a year from £24.57 to £25.47. The rise, with more households, is projected to bring in £240,279 for ...

A Spalding group is to look at creating a permanent way to mark the coronation of King Charles III. The town forum wants to green light the release of money from South Holland District Council towards a lasting monument to the event on Saturday, May 6. And members are open to suggestions as to what it should be. At its ...

South Holland District Council is looking to make nearly £1m in savings as it part-publishes its proposed budget for the next financial year. The budget includes an estimated increase in utility costs of 150 per cent, and 25 per cent in fuel costs and a five per cent increase on pay set by government. That’s on top of the expected ...

Plans to build hundreds of new homes in Pinchbeck look set to go ahead. A hybrid planning application has been submitted by Ashley King Developments for land at Yews Farm. Part of the application is for full permission for 100 homes on the site. The second part is for outline permission for up to 300 homes as part of the ...

Plans for a ‘Tree of Life’ war memorial and museum have been recommended to be felled due to a bid to house a caretaker on site. Harold Payne is looking to create a ‘Tree of Life’ memorial designed by pupils from University Academy Holbeach, and somewhere for his memorabilia to be displayed on land at the Anglia Motel he owns ...

A partnership of district councils including South Holland is launching a crowdfunding platform. The South and East Lincolnshire Crowd will be launched in early February and is aimed at community projects. “The aim of this programme is to support local projects which matter most to them, while enabling everyone to contribute towards their community,” says a statement. Projects can receive ...

The owner of several night time venues in Spalding says he’d back a bid for Purple Flag status for the town. As reported last week, South Holland District Council is looking at applying for the recognition for excellent in night life through the South and East Lincolnshire Local Councils Partnership. XO and Imaginarium owner Matt Clark says it’s something he ...

Tributes have been paid to a former district councillor who stood for the Wygate Park ward. Paul Walls died aged 84 on Monday, January 2. He leaves behind wife Margaret and daughters Nicola and Rachel. Mr Walls stood alongside Coun Roger Gambba-Jones for the first two terms the Wygate Park ward was created. “During those eight years he proved to ...

Communities and businesses in South Holland are set to benefit from £3.39m of funding. The money is coming from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Rural England Property Fund, and the district council is inviting expressions of interest. The government is awarding £2.69m through the shared prosperity fund with a further £700,000 available through a separate fund aimed at ...

A Lutton man says he’s thinking of turning a pool of water on the road outside his home into a wildlife reserve. John Tolliday says he’s fed up of the poor drainage outside his Puddingpoke Lane home having complained to Lincolnshire County Council about it for a number of years. “When vehicles come down it splashes all over my lawn,” ...