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A number of families in South Holland will be in new homes in time for Christmas thanks to the district council’s £1m purchase of them. It’s bought eight affordable homes in Surfleet, a mixture of one, two, and three –bedroomed properties.  They have been allocated to households on the South Holland District Council Housing Register in accordance with the council’s Allocations ...

The owners of the Old Johnson Hospital in Spalding are refusing to engage with council officers as the authority continues to push for them to pay rates. In an update to councillors on its derelict sites policy last week, it was revealed the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) had said no to South Holland District Council’s request for the owners to ...

There are calls for youngsters to be given street art lessons as the district’s policy to encourage it was on the agenda of a recent meeting. And one councillor argued South Holland District Council could even make money on them by selling electronic NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).It’s a year since the authority launched its Street Art policy and the Performance Monitoring ...

After years of uncertainty Moulton Park could officially be opened to the public by the spring courtesy of a charity set up by a former miller. The John and Maureen Biggadike Foundation says it is in the process of purchasing 22 acres of the site from South Holland District Council. It was set up a year ago following the death ...

South Holland District Council has moved £300,000 from its reserves to offset a budget shortfall. An emergency meeting of its Cabinet was held on Tuesday to vote through the measure.Leader Coun Nick Worth said he’d called the meeting to be transparent after errors had been identified in the previous budgets including some government funding given that had been ‘duplicated’ in ...

The company set to build a solar farm on the edge of South Holland, which was granted on appeal, has now asked for it to be operational for another five years. King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council had initially refused permission after South Holland District Council delegated the decision to it for the site just across the River Nene ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s executive committee has decided that it will not support solar farms on the highest-grade farmland in our region. The committee reviewed its Energy Infrastructure Position on Tuesday, with Colin Davie, the Portfolio Holder for Energy and Environment, emphasising that Lincolnshire’s policy does not endorse solar farms on grade one, two, or 3A land, writes Local Democracy Reporter ...

November proved a busy month for South Holland District Council’s Public Protection team, with 20 prosecutions for those who failed to pay FPNs (Fixed Penalty Notices) for littering offences and a further 109 FPNs were issued for offenders caught fly-tipping, spitting or littering in the district. Boston Magistrates Court issued the 20 offenders who hadn’t paid a fine of £220, ...

Spalding’s Chappell Centre is to get a refurbishment. The Lincolnshire County Council owned building on Pinchbeck Road provides the base of a host of local services.Regular users include the Deaf Society, Police Cadets, Carers UK and Age UK.The county council’s executive member for adult care and public health, Wendy Bowkett made the announcement as part of an update on the ...

Work has begun on the Sheep Market toilets in Spalding and its hoped it would be completed by May. Coun Henry Bingham, South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for assets told last week’s Spalding Town Forum the authority was still liaising with contractors on the project but work has had to start to meet the deadline for the spending of ...

Circular seating in Hall Place known as an epicentre of anti-social behaviour in Spalding is to be replaced. However the move has already been criticised amid claims it won’t solve the area’s problems.The issue was discussed extensively at last week’s meeting of the Spalding Town Forum where Shop Watch representative Stuart Brotherton said ‘95 per cent’ of people involved in ...

More than 37,000 parking notices have been issued in the county during the last financial year. Statistics going before county council members next week show a total of 37,445 penalty charge notices between April 2022 and March 2023.In total £1.5m was received, with costs running at £1,483,122 – leaving a £16,194 surplus.The top street for charges was Silver Street, Lincoln, ...

A bid to hold a £1.3 million referendum on the Greater Lincolnshire devolution deal was rejected by county councillors, who voted to progress a deal for electing a mayor for the area. Instead, a public consultation will be held across the region, involving residents filling in a feedback form and submitting it.The new mayoral authority setup will bring more control ...

The announcement of plans for a devolved Lincolnshire has split local politicians. Council leaders at Lincolshire, North East and North Lincolnshire have welcomed the news.But independent members are less enthusiastic about a new layer of local government.South Holland leader Nick Worth said he was looking ‘optimistically’ at the news.“The views of South Holland as part of the Greater Lincolnshire authority ...

The long wait for garden waste bins in South Holland could soon be over. Some residents have been waiting for more than a year to join the brown bin scheme, but nothing is changing until January next year.The expansion of the collection scheme had been held off until the new general waste calendar changes were made.South Holland District Council made ...

Residents in South Holland are being asked to share their views on the council’s proposed Council Tax Support Scheme for next year.The scheme is a way of helping people on low or no income to pay their annual council tax bill. The overall cost of the scheme is around £4.3million with South Holland District Council supporting around 2,400 working age ...

The former leader of South Holland District Council has been awarded a Lifetime Legend Award at a national ceremony.Lord Gary Porter received the award from the Local Government Unit and CCLA’s annual Councillor awards in London last week.A spokesman for the awards said: “The judging panel noted that in his two decades as Leader of the council, his determination to ...

A new board created ‘to lead cultural change’ has met for the first time.The South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, which South Holland is a part of alongside East Lindsey and Boston councils has held the first meeting of a new, strategic eight member board, drawing on experience from a variety of sectors to lead cultural change.A spokesman said it ...

A devolution deal for Lincolnshire was expected to be on the table from the Chancellor in his autumn statement this week. This means the county will have to elect a mayor to oversee a huge budget.Lincolnshire has been vying for a deal for several years, but missed out on the latest round of deals earlier this year.It also failed at ...

Plans to create a new school for students with additional needs have been approved, despite a letter against the idea from MP Sir John Hayes. An application to change use from residential dwelling to a school for students with special educational needs was approved this week.The school will be at Dorcette House, off Little Lane, Whaplode, and the site is ...