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Plans for 103 new homes in Holbeach have been approved. Gleeson Regenerations told South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Wednesday, November 10) the development on land north of Northons Lane and Oakwood Glade will be aimed at first time-buyers and key workers. There were 22 letters of objections, including from ward district councillors, Holbeach Parish Council and MP ...

As COP26 draws to a close and world leaders work on plans to reverse climate change, councils in Lincolnshire are working on their own strategy. South Holland District Council members will discuss a draft policy which aims to have it running at net zero. The Climate Change Strategy has been drawn-up for all three councils in the South East Lincolnshire ...

South Holland Jobs Fair returns on Friday November 12, the first time one has been held in-person since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The always popular event will be held in the Marquee Room at the Springfields Exhibition Centre between 10am and 2pm, offering visitors the opportunity to speak to around 25 different employers and training providers from a ...

Long Sutton Parish Council will object to the new Market Handbook adopted by South Holland District Council, saying it’s a stealthy way of ending the market. Parish councillors feel Long Sutton stall holders are not being treated fairly as they are facing a higher increase in pitch fees than other stall holders across the district. A parish council spokesman said: ...

Controversial plans for more than 100 new homes in Holbeach are being recommended for approval. Gleeson Regeneration has applied to create 103 new dwellings on land north of Northons Lane and Oakwood Glade in the town. The development, if approved, would result in more than £500,000 towards primary and secondary school places. There would also be £68,598 towards primary health ...

A Spalding shop owners bid to have some conditions placed on it for breaching its licence revoked has been thrown out. Saglar Ahmat of A2Z Food Express, Westlode Street, had applied for the removal of the restrictions that meant it couldn’t serve beer over 6.5 per cent ABV nor individual cans of beer, cider or larger. However Lincolnshire Police objected ...

A £500 cash prize is being offered to encourage shopppers into Spalding and Holbeach town centres in the next two months. South Holland District Council is launching the Shop Local Prize Draw from 9am on Monday November 8 with over 50 businesses taking part. The scheme, which is funded by Spalding and Holbeach’s Town Centre Improvement Plan budget will run ...

Three junctions in Spalding are set for works in the next three years after a bid for £20m of government funding was successful. The A16 junction with Wardentree Industrial Estate Measures and the McDonald’s roundabout are set to be widened and have more lanes, while cycle lanes and a pedestrian crossing are to be put in place at the junction ...

A bid for £20m of government funding to improve junctions on the A16 around Spalding and Boston ‘appears to have been successful’ a council leader has said. Lincolnshire County Council leader Martin Hill made the claim in a statement tonight following the government’s budget announced earlier today Coun Hill said: “It was good to see that our bid for Levelling-Up ...

A Spalding shop should not be able to sell super-strength beer or individual cans, according to police. An application has been made by Saglar Ahmat to remove two conditions to the alcohol licence of A2Z Food Express, Westlode Street, Spalding. But police are opposing the move and want the conditions to remain in place. The current conditions mean beer above ...

A public meeting is being held for Gedney Dyke residents amid concerns a nearby planning application could lead to more HGVs driving through the village. JEPCO has submitted an application to South Holland District Council for a glasshouse and associated buildings and infrastructure at Norfolk House Farm on Main Road in Gedney Drove End. Among the objectors is Coun Jo ...

A council-owned housing development has won a building award. South Holland District Council won the Building Excellence Award for the homes in Small Drove, Weston. It was for the best large social housing development in the region. Presented by the East Midlands Local Authority Building Control, the award was made for the council’s flagship redevelopment. “I hope this development proves ...

A new manager is set to be appointed to look after the South Holland’s markets. But while pitch fees in Spalding are set to fall 63 per cent, Long Sutton traders’ fees will rise 67 per cent. The fees, which will be subject to annual review, are designed to ‘provide a simple model’, according to a report due to go ...

A Sutton Bridge shop where 15-year-olds were served alcohol by an illegal worker has had its licence revoked. South Holland District Council’s Licencing Panel has revoked the premises licence of City Stores in Bridge Road held by Arumugam Sarankan following a hearing today (Wednesday, October 20). The report by the police to the council states that on August 24, two ...

The spending of £15,000 on counting people attending events in Spalding and Holbeach has been defended. South Holland District Council officers have agreed to spend the money granted as part of around £85,000 funding provided by the government’s Welcome Back fund. What the council describes as ‘a local data company’ will “install, manage and monitor four footfall counters for a ...

Long awaited work to reconstruct the A151 at Pode Hole is to take place next month. Lincolnshire County Council has announced the works will include night-time closures (6pm and 6am) for five evenings starting on Monday November 8, along with daytime closures for the final surfacing on two Sundays November 14 and 21 (6am to 6pm), subject to weather. Temporary ...

A Sutton Bridge shop is facing a review of its licence after a man whose work visa had expired seven years ago served 15-year-olds alcohol. City Stores in Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge will go before South Holland District Council’s Licencing Panel next week following a sting operation by Lincolnshire Police. The licence for the shop has been held by Arumugam ...

A Fleet Hargate man who has supported veterans in the area branded Holbeach Parish Council a disgrace for cancelling part of the town’s Remembrance Sunday event. For the last five years Harold Payne has toured war memorials in South Holland villages using military vehicles, timing it so he got to Holbeach at the same time as the parade. The parish ...

A development of 55 affordable homes in Fleet has been given full planning permission despite objections from nearby residents. The site to be accessed off Fleet Road already had outline permission for the homes, though only 33 per cent were due to be affordable. Now developer Kaplan Property Group has been given permission for 33 homes to be rented and ...

The roll out of brown bins for those in Spalding who wish to take part in the Garden Waste Scheme is continuing, a meeting has heard, though there continues to be a waiting list. South Holland District Council has had to slow deliveries of the bins in recent weeks due to pressures over labour shortages, a meeting of the Spalding ...