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The vandalism of signs put up to encourage social distancing in Spalding has been branded ‘abhorrent’. South Holland District Council, which erected the measures in the town plus those in Holbeach and Long Sutton, says it’s working with Lincolnshire Police to identify those responsible following the incidents over the weekend. The council posted on social media: “Several of our signs ...

Residents on Pennygate in Spalding have been reminded to move their cars from the road on Saturday (June 20) as resurfacing work is due to take place. The works are due to take place along the entirety of the road from Monkshouse Lane to Park Road. A spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council, said: “Cars must be parked elsewhere between 7:30am ...

Controversial plans to create a residential gypsy/traveller site in Whaplode are recommended to be passed by planners. The application for the four berth site at Bleu Raye Farm on Millgate was deferred by South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee in February to request more information. It will now be decided next Wednesday as the authority holds its first online Planning ...

South Holland District Council has been left “substantially out of pocket” by the COVID-19 outbreak, its member for finance has said. Coun Peter Coupland outlined that the council could be £4.1m worse off then it had budgeted as a result of the resulting lockdown at a meeting of the authority’s cabinet on Tuesday. He said: “Every week government guidelines and ...

There were mixed emotions as Spalding’s historic market returned on Tuesday. Many were delighted to be back, but one trader told The Voice he was considering never coming back to Spalding Market and going to Stamford Market instead after 21 years in town. South Holland District Council has re-designed the market and listened to concerns over an initial idea to ...

Long Sutton Parish Council wants to know why its town market is being forced to move while a decision to relocate Spalding’s has been rescinded. South Holland District Council wants to move the market from its current location in Market Place to the car park behind the Co-op Funeral Directors in West Street. The parish council is angry over the ...

A development consisting of 41 affordable homes outside Crowland has been given final planning permission. Longhurst Group Ltd has been given full planning permission for the mix of two storey, and two-bed semi-detached and terraced properties on greenfield land east of Crease Drove. The original outline application for the development was refused by South Holland District Council back in 2016 ...

The owner of a Spalding takeaway found to be employing an illegal worker as well as other licence breaches has been allowed to keep his licence with certain conditions. Lincolnshire Police requested that a Licencing Panel of South Holland District Council seriously consider revoking the licence for Hot and Spice in New Road held by Mr Rais Abbas. The panel ...

Street marshals currently trying to patrol the one-way systems introduced in Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton are receiving threats, South Holland District Council has said. The authority has issued the statement after a picture of two marshals not socially distancing while patroling Holbeach was published online. However the district council says the two marshals are from the same household. In ...

Spalding, Holbeach and Crowland markets will return next week as the finalised details for opening town centres were announced, but Long Sutton’s market will have to wait One-way systems are being implemented in Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton with signage and road markings being put up. Coun Gary Taylor South Holland District Council has also said that free car parking ...

South Holland District Council housing officers’ way of staying in contact with their residents has been a waving success. With regular meet and greet sessions unavailable, instead the council has started the ‘Wave from your Window initiative. In the sessions a council housing officer will walk slowly along the length of the estate on a pre-arranged day and time. Tenants ...

One way systems for pedestrians are being put in place for Spalding, Long Sutton and Holbeach. Non-essential shops can re-open from Monday, June 15 with markets in the district set to return this week too. And South Holland District Council has unveiled new one-way systems for Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton which can be viewed below. A spokesman said: “Our ...

The COVID-19 outbreak is set to cost South Holland District Council between £4.1m and £1.7m, the authority has warned. A report to its cabinet, which will meet online next Tuesday, states that its likely the district council will have to use some of the £5.1m reserves available as a result of the measures. That’s on top of the £1.06m the ...

A shop owner has been told that he can keep his licence as long as he doesn’t sell medicines again. Fantasia on Bourne Road in Spalding came before an online Licensing Panel today (Tuesday) after Lincolnshire Police say they found it to be selling medicine that did not have any English written on it along with items that were past ...

A shop which has been before licencing panel several times over the past few months has been denied a transfer of its licence following police opposition. Milenia Kudracova has been told she can not transfer the premises licence for Delicja in Westlode Street at a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Licencing Committee held online today (Tuesday). In April, Mrs ...

A takeaway and a shop in Spalding are facing separate reviews into their licences next week following police investigations. Lincolnshire Police have requested Reviews of the Premises Licence for both Hot and Spicy in New Road and Fantasia in Bourne Road next week. South Holland District Council’s Licencing Committee will hear the review into Hot and Spicy next Thursday, June ...

More children returned to school this week as lockdown restrictions were eased, but the take up was ‘quite low’ a county councillor has said. Schools have been asked to allow primary school pupils from Reception, Year One and Year Six pupils to return on top of looking after the children of key workers It’s been left to schools’ discretion as ...

A board is to be set up that could see areas of Lincolnshire locked down where there’s a sudden outbreak of COVID-19. The leader of Lincolnshire County Council Coun Martin Hill told a meeting of the authority’s executive on Tuesday (June 2) about the measures announced as part of central government’s roll out of the ‘Track and Trace’ strategy. Working ...

A host of district councillors have donated money to the first responders charity LIVES. Each elected member of South Holland District Council has a designated ward budget to provide to a local charity, and 29 of them have helped donate a total of £5,050 to the Lincolnshire charity which looks to responds to emergency’s as quickly as possible. Like all ...

A holiday caravan site is to be allowed to open all year round, despite opposition from Long Sutton Parish Council. Permission for Foreman’s Bridge Caravan Park on the A17 west of McDonald’s was given in 2008 on the proviso static caravans were not allowed on the site from November until March. However South Holland District Council’s development manager this week ...