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A 15-year-old planning application for a pub, restaurant and a new hotel on the A16 McDonald’s roundabout in Spalding has been allowed to stand. A condition of planning permission being granted was that work be carried out on the site within five years, and the current owner of the land has successfully argued that they worked on it the day ...

A bar owner has lost his license for serving customers in lockdown – despite claiming it was a children’s party and saying he was reported by a man in revenge for refusing an arranged marriage. Police visited Rafael’s in Spalding on June 24 after being told customers were being served despite the Coronavirus restrictions closing all pubs, bars and restaurants. ...

Both of South Holland’s Leisure Centres are back open for users with the swimming pool in Spalding set to re-open next month. Operator Parkwood has put in place a host of measures to encourage social distancing and users of the gym and classes have to book in advance. Owner South Holland District Council has backed the operator providing financial backing ...

Holbeach Parish Council has apologised over a potential data protection breach with regards its CCTV system. In an open letter to the people of the parish published today (Thursday August 6), chairman Graham Rudkin said the authority is “working hard to put it right”. As previously reported, the parish council has been reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) over ...

Police were called to a Spalding bar and restaurant which was serving food and drinks at the height of the coronavirus lockdown when a group of 20 people were partying at the back of the building. The lights were off at the front of Rafael’s in Westlode Street on June 20, but footage from a police body camera shows ‘numerous ...

All CCTV cameras in Holbeach are to be taken down and checked they can’t be hacked while a parish councillor has said she was verbally abused amid the controversy surrounding them. As previously reported, Holbeach Parish Council is being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Officer over data protection breaches following an internal investigation into the theft of one of its ...

A petition calling for market stalls to be set-up ready for traders has been launched after South Holland District Council ratified a decision to scrap the service when it resumed after lockdown. Stephanie Taylor is asking for support for the campaign which comes amid fears that market traders are turning their backs on Spalding Market because of the move by ...

South Holland District Council is to offer grants of up to £5,000 to local market traders amid criticism over recent changes to the way it runs markets in the district. The authority last week ratified its decision to stop putting up stalls for traders at markets. It’s a move that has been stated for the reasoning why a number of ...

Holbeach Parish Council is being investigated after claims its CCTV cameras in parks and cemeteries, including one that was stolen, weren’t “safe or secure”. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking into breaches of the Data Protection Act after a complaint by a member of the public about a camera overseeing a children’s play area. A resulting Holbeach Parish Council ...

Families are being intimidated by a gang of youths causing problems in Long Sutton. The parish council has received several letters of complaint about a group of young people causing issues. The letters were regarding “vandalism and intimidation caused by the group and of young families unable to enjoy the park and facilities due to their behaviour and damage to ...

New bike parking facilities are to be created in Spalding and Holbeach and pedestrian barriers removed at the Winsover Road/Station Approach junction as part of government funding to improve cycling and pavements. The Department for Transport has granted Lincolnshire County Council £105,500 from the first round of the emergency active travel fund to support the installation of temporary projects during ...

A dog kennel has been allowed to increase the number of dogs after it was claimed those who complained refused to have noise monitoring equipment. Sutton St James Parish Council said it had received a number of complaints after applicant Mrs B Street was allowed 18 dogs at Broadgate in the village for non-commercial use for 12 months The parish ...

An application to build a one bedroom annexe at a Holbeach house where people with mental health issues or learning difficulties live has been deferred to ask police about reports of call outs to it. The Care Management Group’s (CMG) application for White Lodge on Spalding Road came before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week. Speaking in support ...

Developers are playing a ‘viability card’ it’s been claimed as a 136-home development was voted to have just one affordable home on it and reduced payments towards education and healthcare. South Holland District Council planners have received a number of applications to change already passed developments so the developers can alter Section 106 agreements. These are legal documents signed as ...

A rare medieval find in a Moulton garden is among the treasures that have been unearthed during lockdown. While gardening at his home, Andrew Deaton from Moulton found a rare type of medieval seal matrix with a depiction of St Margaret of Antioch with the devil. It’s one of 200 finds reported to Lincolnshire County Council’s archaeology service so far ...

South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes has said he’s writing to the district council with concerns over the future of the markets. As previously reported concerns have been raised that new measures brought in to make them safer amid the COVID-19 pandemics were having an adverse effect on traders, particularly in Spalding Market Particularly controversial are stall ...

Holbeach’s parks and cemeteries are to be closed overnight again after a host of incidents were recorded including the theft of a CCTV camera and its memory card. A complaint has been made to the town’s parish council that police advice wasn’t adequately represented when in February it decided to trial leaving Carter’s Park, Netherfields Park, Holbeach Cemetery and Hallgate ...

The battle lines are being drawn over the political future of South Holland with the district and county councils due to go up against each other. Last week Lincolnshire County Council announced it would bid to help create a ‘Greater Lincolnshire’ authority to amalgamate all the councils in the county into one body. But South Holland District Council leader Lord ...

Market traders in Spalding will have to continue to provide and erect their own stalls after councillors revisited the topic on Monday. Members of South Holland District Council’s cabinet discussed the issue after the original decision to no longer put up the stalls was sent back to the cabinet last week by the scrutiny committee. The Performance Monitoring Panel called-in ...

Plans have been submitted to turn a Surfleet hotel into seven flats. The Riverside Hotel in Station Road is currently open as a hotel and serving drinks. But owner Nick Bond says he’s had interest from developers. “I’ve been trying to sell it for eight or nine months but I’ve had no interest as a pub or restaurant. “I’ve spoken ...