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A controversial plan for a renewable energy park at Sutton Bridge has been refused by councillors after the applicant failed to provide sufficient details. There were cries of “well done” from objectors in the public gallery at South Holland District Council as the planning application by Energy Park Sutton Bridge Ltd was unanimously rejected. It was an end to the ...

Spalding and District Civic Society wants more people to give input to its work and is hoping to attract more members. The public is being invited to attend the society’s annual general meeting on Tuesday (March 24). A spokesman said: “It is clear from reading the Press that many people are concerned to improve the appearance and quality of life ...

Changes to improve Spalding’s traffic management will not take place until next year at the earliest. Alterations to traffic light sequences, pedestrian crossings and new roundabouts are all measures which have been touted to improve flow in hotpsot areas such as Station Approach and Winsover Road. However, Spalding Town Forum heard from Lincolnshire County Council Highways that the first junctions ...

A reactive road sign and red stop light are measures being considered to prevent drivers and cyclists flouting traffic restrictions in Spalding town centre. But the very least that Spalding Town Forum wants to see is businesses in the pedestrianised area reminded about their responsibilities in regards to the traffic order. The vast majority of vehicles are banned from using ...

Planning permission is being sought to extend a building set to become an off-licence. In January, Hemen Ahmad was granted a premises licence for a former sub-Post Office and dry cleaning shop in Bourne Road, Spalding. He has now applied for planning consent for an extension at the rear. The site is next to a proposed Spar development, zebra crossing ...

Spalding Town Forum is hoping to shame Anglian Water into taking action on two big issues in the town. Remedial work to the smell from the sewage works in West Marsh Road has been added to calls for Chatterton Water Tower to be spruced up. District councillor Coun Christine Lawton told last week’s meeting: “I just wonder if Anglian Water ...

A plan for a tourism centre to be established in Crowland has been granted planning permission. The proposal, by Ruthkay Ltd, is for an existing poultry farm at Carrington Drove to be used. Crowland Caravans and Camping would relocate to the site from Wyevale Garden Centre in nearby Postland Road. A similar plan was given planning consent in 2011, but ...

A £1,000 prize for good recycling was just the tonic for a great-grandmother recently diagnosed with having a stomach tumour. Julie Fox (80), of Moulton Seas End, cried when she was told of the win in South Holland District Council’s Green Bag Lottery. She said: “I’ve had a rough time lately so when I got the phone call to say ...

Planning approval for a new house in a Spalding cul-de-sac has led neighbours to claim that town centre areas are being allowed to become overdeveloped. Some residents in Knipe Avenue – a stone’s throw from St Thomas’s Road – are unhappy that their objections to the application were deemed irrelevant in planning terms. Ward district councillors Graham Dark and Roger ...

A television advert which promotes Spalding is expected to reach five million ITV viewers when it screens shortly. The aim of the £30,000 joint venture – produced by Springfields Outlet Shopping Centre in partnership with the town centre – is to attract people during Easter. The “Visit Spalding This Easter” campaign will be broadcast on Yorkshire, Central and Anglia regions ...

Dog owners are being urged to take advantage of forthcoming free microchipping events. From April 6 next year all dogs in England will be legally required to be microchipped and have their details registered to a database. Anyone selling or otherwise passing a dog on is required to register the new keeper. The database should also be informed when a ...

Local residents in need of housing were able to move into a special £1.4m development in Pinchbeck on Monday. The 14 two and three bedroom energy efficient homes are in Maurice Chappell Way, named after the former chairman of Pinchbeck Community Land Trust – the village volunteers who set up the project. The Westleigh Homes scheme is one of only ...

The rurality of the Spalding area inspired an artist named best newcomer at South Holland Open Arts Exhibition 2015. Becca Sturdgess’ work ‘Digger’ features a JCB and tractor in a field, She was urged to enter the exhibition by her grandmother, but never expected to win an award. The 26-year-old said: “My friend drives a JCB and gave me a photo of ...

MP John Hayes’ offer to look at legislation on the granting of premises licences has been welcomed. South Holland District Council’s licensing committee chairman Coun Malcolm Chandler wants the opportunity to look at one issue in particular – need. He said: “I look forward to working with John Hayes on the reform of the Licensing Act 2003 to bring back ...

The time it takes to clear leaves and debris from the synthetic multi-sports pitch at Glen Park in Surfleet has been halved. The purchase of a leaf blower and vacuum have been enabled with donations from Surfleet Parish Council (£1,000) and the designated members’ budgets of district councillors Sally Slade, Liz Sneath and James Avery (£250 each), and Jane King, ...

Former South Holland District Council officer Jim Scarsbrook will feature in the election results in May. But instead of reading them out – as he was four years ago – he’s planning to be one of the candidates announced as “duly elected”. Mr Scarsbrook (61), who is standing for the Independent Group, was returning officer at the last count in ...

A fourth consecutive cut to South Holland District Council’s share of the council tax bill has been unanimously agreed by members. South Holland is one of only half a dozen councils in the country to deliver year-on-year reductions in council tax which, when added to the freeze introduced in 2010, means a real terms cut for the district’s residents of ...

Two Spalding district councillors have identified areas along Spalding’s riverside to improve with their members’ designated budgets. Coun Gary Taylor (Castle ward) and Coun Howard Johnson (St Mary’s) will spend some of the cash on buying new litter bins, repairing benches and painting a lamppost. The South Holland district councillors also carried out a litter pick during their walk on Monday morning. Coun ...

More than £10,000 in prize money has been handed out in the first year of South Holland District Council’s recycling rewards scheme. Since its launch last February there have been 102 winners out of a possible 120. The £10,000 prize money includes £3,000 in grand prize draws and dozens of £100 prizes. Winners have been spread across the district, including ...

Planning officers were out of step with councillors when they recommended approval of a housing development slammed as a “slum” and “inappropriate even for Tilbury”. South Holland District Council’s planning committee chairman Coun Roger Gambba-Jones wasted no time in condemning Seagate Homes’ application for 14 homes at Little London. He said: “I make no bones about it. I don’t like ...