Council

Calls for more to be done on eyesore sites

Councillors have called on more to be done on getting empty buildings such as the Bull and Monkie and former hospital sites in Spalding tidied up and back in use. A meeting of South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel last week heard that the authority was planning a new policy on tidying up derelict sites. But some councillors expressed ...

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Moulton Park plans ‘paused’

Plans to redevelop an area of parkland have been put on ‘pause’ by South Holland District Council just two months after it was announced that planning permission would be sought early this year. The district council announced plans for the 23-acre Moulton Park last March which is set to include a children’s play area, a memorial garden and a spot ...

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Relief Road ‘only hope’ over railway congestion concerns

The Spalding Western Relief Road is the “only hope” of stopping future traffic congestion due to increased trains in the town, the leader of South Holland District Council has said. Lord Gary Porter said that a bridge over the railway at Park Road to alleviate issues when the level crossings are down had been looked into but wasn’t feasible. And ...

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Historic fountain could be included as part of Spalding Cemetery improvements

Spalding’s historic drinking fountain could be erected in the town’s cemetery as part of improvement works there, it’s been revealed. A working group has been formed to look at improvements to the Pinchbeck Road site. And placing the historic fountain that used to be in the town’s Market Place is among the considerations. It was introduced into Hall Place in ...

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Still hope for High Street plans

Alternative funding is being sought to keep plans to improve Holbeach town centre a possibility. And those behind the schemes are still hopeful they may get the government funding they missed out on first time around. Proposed improvements of Market Hill junction in the town and the creation of a new ‘public realm’ at the back of the recently renovated ...

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Roman oven among finds at relief road site

An unusual Roman oven and Iron Age ornaments were among thousands of artefacts discovered in preparation work for the route of the Spalding Western Relief Road. Main construction work on the most northerly section of the project from Pinchbeck Road is due to start in the Spring with the archaeological study part of the preparation work. According to Ian Marshman, ...

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‘Uncoupling’ of district councils?

A ten-year partnership between South Holland and Breckland district councils looks set to come to an end. A report to go before South Holland’s Cabinet on Tuesday outlines a preference for each council to establish new ‘local’ partnerships. The two councils formed a partnership in 2010 with several areas of shared working. Officers and staff also regularly travelled between Spalding ...

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Holbeach Parish Council looks to balance books

Holbeach residents will have the council tax share they pay to its parish council increased by 4.55 per cent in a bid to lock up some of the town’s open spaces at night. Councillors also voted to make savings and take £30,000 from its reserves to avoid a tax rise higher than the one passed which equates to £2.84 a ...

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Family’s site is given approval

A traveller site for a family next to an existing one off the A16 in Spalding has been allowed to stay. A retrospective application for the site of three caravans and portable cabin ‘day room’ was approved at a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week. Speaking on behalf of the applicant Robert Home said: “The proposal ...

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Conditions changed on plans for retail units

A company building two new retail units on the A52 at Donington has been allowed to change conditions placed on the application just six weeks after they were granted permission. The application for a retail unit on the corner of the A52 Bicker Road and Church Street was back before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week after being ...

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Savings sought in council budget

South Holland District Council is cancelling a planned two per cent pay increase for its staff alongside the raising of council tax to offset an estimated £1.52m loss for the next financial year. A Special Cabinet meeting on Tuesday heard that £759,000 of saving measures had been identified but £761,000 more savings needed to be found. Not providing the pay ...

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Concern over possible planning changes

There’s been a call for councils to work together on funding from developers amid concerns proposed changes to the planning system will leave Lincolnshire with ‘much lower’ contributions. In South Holland, larger developments can only be given planning permission when an agreement between the developer and district council to mitigate negative impacts of developments is signed, known as a Section ...

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Council Tax bills to increase again

Council Tax bills are set to rise this year as budgets are being set while the final cost of the pandemic to local authorities is unknown. South Holland District Council’s draft budget sets out a plan to add £4.95 a year to the annual band D bill. Lincolnshire County Council also looked at budgets this week and looked to add ...

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Care home plan could create 58 new jobs

Almost 60 new jobs could be created if permission is granted for a new care home in Holbeach. An application has been submitted to South Holland District Council for the purpose-built home on Daisy Road, on the Meadows at the edge of the village. A total of 66 beds will be available when building work is complete. “It is anticipated ...

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Annie has the top card

Nine year old Annie Clough from South View Community Primary School has been chosen as the winning artist for South Holland District Council’s Chairman’s Christmas Card Competition. The Council had invited primary school pupils from across the District to send in their best festive designs and ideas for the card, which is sent out every year to partners on behalf of the council chairman. Picking ...

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Family traveller site permitted

A family have been allowed to turn a paddock into a site for their family in Whaplode St Catherine. Whaplode Parish Council objected to the part retrospective planning application for an allocated travellers site only for the family of applicants Mr and Mrs Smith at Hurdletree Bank, claiming the site was ‘unsustainable’. Despite there being no objections from the public, ...

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More vans and trailers to be allowed into Lincolnshire tips

Residents using larger trailers and vans under two metres high vans can apply for a permit to use Lincolnshire tips, including Spalding’s, from next week. From December 15, those wishing to use such a vehicle for a visit to the Household Waste Recycling Centres will be able to gain the permit which will allow them one visit per month, Lincolnshire ...

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Council Tax help for Special Constables?

South Holland residents who serve as Special Constables could be eligible for a 25 per cent discount on their council tax bill. Proposals due to go before the council’s cabinet on Tuesday outline the plans. “The contribution Special Constables make in supporting their regular colleagues is invaluable; during the 12 months to the end of May 2020 the Special Constabulary ...

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Proposed Christmas Market for Spalding cancelled

A proposed Christmas market in Spalding will not now go ahead this year over COVID-19 safety concerns. The market was initially due to happen in November and had then been pencilled in for December 19 and 20. But South Holland District Council has announced the event can’t take place this year. A South Holland District Council spokesperson, said: “It is ...

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Other towns have not been forgotten

Measures that work in Spalding and Holbeach to improve the town centres will be rolled out to other parts of South Holland it’s been said amid worries other towns in the area have been forgotten. While Town Improvement plans have been drawn up for those two towns, Coun Chris Brewis, South Holland District Council ward member for Sutton Bridge, has ...

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