Council

New try for 5G masts in town

Plans for two 5G phone masts in Spalding have been resubmitted days after they were refused. The masts, on Wygate Park and Birch Grove, have been reduced in height to 15m for both sites. A meeting of South Holland District Council’s planning committee rejected the applications at a meeting on April 14. The original proposals saw the Wygate Park mast ...

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Flouting town’s rules could cost you £50

Fines of £50 could be imposed for unauthorised parking and out of control dogs in Long Sutton. The parish council has established that legally it can impose a fine under bylaws for both unauthorised parking and not having dogs under control. A new security company has been employed by the council in a bid to crack down on vandalism, particularly ...

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Council to extend paid role as link ends

The consultant brought in to oversee South Holland District Council’s separation with Breckland, which officially ended this week, is to be kept on by the authority. Nathan Elvery (pictured) was officially appointed as the part-time head of paid service for both authorities in October with his contact due to have ended at the end of April. His appointment was controversial ...

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Tasty idea as Holbeach parks survey goes live

Takeaway food vans could be allowed in Holbeach’s parks this summer as responses to a survey on what young people would like in the town begin to come in. The town’s parish council is consulting with residents over what they’d like to see in the likes of Carter’s Park and Netherfields. A survey has been launched online and is set ...

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Decision on dog training centre plan pawsed

A decision on a woman’s bid to build a dog training centre between Gosberton, Surfleet and Pinchbeck has been deferred amid an issue over land ownership. Atomic Dog Training previously had an application refused by planning officers for the site off Gubbole’s Drove but a smaller resubmitted application had been recommended to be granted permission. However last week South Holland ...

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Plans for a new village hall alongside 120 homes in Deeping St Nicholas given green light

A new village hall for Deeping St Nicholas is set to be built alongside 120 homes. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee granted outline permission for the site at Home Farm which has been subject to several successful applications for up to 135 homes in the past few years. Building a village hall has previously been in some of the ...

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Council’s apology over transparency

A parish council has apologised for ‘not being as transparent as we’d like to be’ while pledging to improve its area in the future. Holbeach Parish Council has received criticism after The Voice revealed in December it had made two payments totalling over £27,000 to recipients whose names were blanked out in financial documents. The council also entered into a ...

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Counterfeit stamps hit election candidate

A candidate in the local elections has apologised after the stamps he used to post campaign details turned out to be counterfeit. Nigel Pepper bought the stamps online during the last lockdown when he didn’t want to go to a shop.He used some of them to post out his election canvassing details over the last few days without realising what ...

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Spalding shop refused alcohol licence

A Spalding shop has been refused permission to sell alcohol after owners were unable to prove they have moved on from historic failings. On Thursday (April 22) South Holland District Council’s Panel of the Committee of the Licensing Authority rejected Global Foods’ application for a Premises Licence to sell alcohol. Global Foods, based on Winsover Road, had applied for the ...

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Council tax bill error for town residents

Council Tax bills have had to be sent out again in Spalding after an error was spotted which cost £5,713. Residents in the town were re-sent their bills for this year to correct an error in the calculation which was in the first version.“Following the mailing of annual council tax bills in March, we became aware of a calculation error ...

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Police object to alcohol licence

An application to sell alcohol in a Spalding store has hit massive opposition from the police. Members of South Holland District Council’s licensing committee will discuss the application for Global Foods, Winsover Road, at a meeting on Thursday.But the police are recommending refusal as the premises and the applicant ‘has a history with regards to licensing.’Officers attended the shop in ...

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Teens to be asked about town parks as improvement ideas mooted

Holbeach Parish Council is to ask teenagers what facilities could be created for them in the town’s open spaces. The authority is set to launch both online and physical surveys to gauge what could help young people, particularly with regards to its open spaces such as Carter’s Park. It was proposed at last week’s parish council to engage with teenagers ...

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Plans for two 5G masts refused

Applications for two masts to bring 5G phone signal to Spalding have both been refused by councillors. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee had been recommended to refuse a 20 metre high pole and associated workings on the corner of Claudette Avenue and Wygate Park, but accept the 18m application at the Birch Grove and Matmore Gate junction. Planning officers ...

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Vandals cause bridge to be closed

Vandals have caused a bridge between Spalding and Pinchbeck to be closed. Two Plank Footbridge had a handrail broken off and thrown into Vernatt’s Drain earlier this week. Now Lincolnshire County Council, which oversees the bridge, has closed it ahead of a temporary repair. The bridge is due to be fully dissembled and replaced with a more substantial structure as ...

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Candidates for 2021 county council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections announced

The candidates for the 2021 elections to Lincolnshire County Council and for the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner position have been announced. The election takes place on Thursday May 6. The candidates for the nine Lincolnshire County Council wards in South Holland are: Crowland – Richard Geoffrey Fairman (Ind), Nigel Harry Pepper (Con). Donington Rural – Martin Colman (Green), Rodney ...

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Chairman to step down after becoming ‘disillusioned’ amid council infighting

Holbeach Parish Council’s chairman Graham Rudkin is to step down from the position saying he’s become ‘disillusioned’. But he says he will continue to be on the council which South Holland District Council recently stepped in to offer mediation to following a number of complaints, controversies and reports of infighting. “I’ve just been getting disillusioned with everything.” he told The ...

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Phone mast fine for one side of Spalding?

Plans for a 5G phone mast in one part of Spalding are likely to be refused, while a similar scheme for a different part of the town is set to be accepted. Siting a proposed 20m mast in the Spalding Wygate ward has been recommended for rejection. But a similar mast in the Spalding St Paul’s area has the thumbs-up. ...

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Hundreds of warnings given out for litter

A total of 885 letters have been sent out to South Holland residents in the past 12 months for putting their rubbish out too early, it’s been revealed. Emily Holmes, South Holland District Council’s communities manager, told a meeting of the Spalding Town Forum last week that prosecution action had been started against one individual identified as a repeat offender ...

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War of words over litter pickers’ bags

A war of words over litter has erupted on social media between a district councillor and members of the town’s Wombles organisation. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones has been asked to stand down following exchanges after online discussions over the Spalding Town Form meeting he chairs. As reported, he raised litter-picking at the meeting, urging those doing it to work with the ...

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Two Holbeach district pubs to close for good

The Holbeach area could lose two more pubs after applications were submitted to turn them into homes. The owners of the nearly 200-year-old Plough Inn on Jekils Bank, Holbeach St Johns, and The Bull’s Neck in Penny Hill have both applied for change of use planning permissions. The owner of The Plough, Ian Osborn, only took over the lease in ...

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