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South Holland was the worst performing area in Lincolnshire for recycling and composting household waste in 2016/17. Figures presented to the meeting of the Lincolnshire Waste Management Partnership indicate that South Holland District Council recycled and composted 28.3 per cent of household waste it collected in the last financial year. The next lowest authority was City of Lincoln with 36.2 ...

Commonwealth Day (March 12) was marked by a flag raising ceremony at South Holland District Council. The celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations is held on the second Monday of March with this year’s theme being “Towards a Common Future”. Councillor Rodney Grocock raised the flag at the district council’s Priory Road offices alongside Ben Stock of the Merchant Navy ...

Plans to turn a commercial site in Holbeach into a seven-house residential plot have been refused. The housing development proposed for the former Swepstones site on Battlefields Lane was unanimously turned down last Wednesday, by South Holland District Council’s planning committee on the grounds that commercial land would be lost and it is too far from town. Planning officers recommended ...

South Holland District Council has far less empty homes than it stated in a recent report, according to a spokesman. Last week’s Spalding Voice contained the article: ‘Rise in number of empty council houses’. Details came from a report to the council’s Policy Development Panel which met on Tuesday, February 20. The report states: “As at January 31, 2018; SHDC ...

Three quarters are against part-night lighting but a poor turnout in responses to a Lincolnshire County Council survey could be detrimental to the district having its voice heard, according to the review committee chairman. In November, the council launched a questionnaire to determine the public’s view of part-night street lighting, which plunges streets into darkness after midnight. The review has ...

The number of abandoned cars reported in South Holland has gone up five-fold in the last five years – and the council is paying the price. Figures obtained by Confused.com through Freedom of Information requests reveal during last financial year, 157 abandoned cars were reported, a sharp rise from 31 in 2012/13. So far this year, 153 cars have been ...

The committee that oversees how Spalding’s proportion of council tax is spent has asked for more clarity. The precept Spalding residents pay towards the town is being increased by 5.7 per cent, which had already been backed by South Holland District Council’s cabinet even before the Spalding Town Forum met on Thursday, February 15. The forum, set up as Spalding ...

South Holland District Council’s deputy leader Nick Worth has stated the authority is in a “strong” position, but concerns have been raised about the future. The district council’s cabinet backed its budget and Mid Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) at its meeting on Tuesday, February 13. As reported in The Voice last week, the council faces a budget gap of around ...

A parish council says it does not try and gag councillors after launching a new press and media policy. Pinchbeck Parish Council members have been told they can’t speak to the press. It comes after The Voice attempted to speak to councillors following the 130 per cent rise in council tax. A copy of the press and media policy was ...

A council is looking to guarantee outline planning permission to businesses wishing to locate to a new Holbeach business park It comes following the official launch of phase one of the Holbeach Food Enterprise Zone, to be called Peppermint Park. The park aimed at the agricultural industry is to be built near to the A17’s Peppermint Junction. Phase one of ...

A Holbeach neighbour disgruntled at a builder failing to follow permitted plans for two homes next to her property has vowed to take South Holland District Council to court. The authority’s planning committee voted retrospectively to allow amended plans for the semi-detached homes on Battlefields Lane South at its meeting on Wednesday, February 7. Ann Kidd alerted planning officers that ...

Pinchbeck residents will see their council tax bills rise more than most after the village’s parish council elected to put its precept up by nearly 130 per cent. The precept is the share of the council tax that goes to the authority. Currently the owner of a band D property in the village would pay £27.54 a year towards the ...

Members of Lincolnshire County Council have backed a council tax increase of 4.95 per cent. Meanwhile, the county’s police force is looking for a 5.8 per cent increase to its part of the bill. And South Holland District Council is proposing a 3.03 per cent hike in its bill. Council tax bills for the coming year, from April, are on ...

South Holland District Council faces a financial black hole of around half a million pounds every year between 2019 and 2022 as it looks to save over £1m in two years. A report by the authority’s head of finance, Jane Crosby, to its cabinet says the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) shows a budget gap of £475,000 for the financial ...

The future of the UKIP branch in South Holland and the Deepings is in doubt after resignations. District council member and branch chairman Paul Foyster, branch secretary Geoff Garner and treasurerRobert Gibson have all said the branch will wind-up unless others come forward. The actions of party leaders at national level have been blamed for the action with current leader ...

Motorists are being warned about three weeks of disruption while a major route through Spalding is repaired. There will be three weeks of roadworks on Spalding’s Winsover Road from Monday, February 19. Resurfacing will be carried out in phases with temporary traffic lights and night-time closures in operation. Work will be carried out at Carrington Road to the level crossing ...

Lincolnshire police aims to raise an extra £2.7m next year by a 5.8 per cent rise in council tax. Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones has revealed his proposed budget for the year and the rise would equate to 23p a week on a band D home. The increase appears to have support in the county as respondents to consultation ...

NHS staff from black and ethnic minority backgrounds have been sharing their experiences of working in Lincolnshire at a countywide conference. Anna Kusztyb works across the county for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS), and was among those speaking at the third annual Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) conference on Friday afternoon. The event, which is run in partnership ...

In its first recruitment drive of its type in Lincolnshire, the force has received 136 applications to join its ranks as an officer who speaks fluently in more than one language. In December, Lincolnshire Police put out a job advert specifying applicants must be fluent in English and Polish, Latvian or Lithuanian. Now the deadline for applications has come, Lincolnshire ...

At least £70,000 of Lincolnshire tax payers’ money has been spent on premium tech products for councillors in the past five years, including the purchase of more than 100 Apple iPads, a Freedom of Information Act request has revealed. The high-end tech options are offered to both district and county councillors. iPads are issued to all South Holland district councillors ...