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A review of a business plan for Welland Homes Ltd – South Holland District Council’s housing development company – has been undertaken just a few weeks before it makes a major purchase. South Holland District Council cabinet meeting was told on February 14 that an “urgent” decision was required to enable capitalisation of the company. Welland Homes director Coun Bryan Alcock ...

The garden waste collection scheme, events at Ayscoughfee Hall and Gardens and empty homes brought back into use are among achievements listed in a new South Holland report. An update on progress on goals set out in South Holland District Council’s corporate plan, was reported to a full council meeting (February 22). The report said: savings and income totalling £356,500 ...

A council project to create a new outdoor performance area for Ayscoughfee Gardens in Spalding remains on hold. The controversial scheme – which has already been criticised by some South Holland district councillors for taking too long – is delayed while proposals on the future of the whole Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens site are discussed. A council spokesman said: ...

Council tax bills for South Holland residents for 2017/18 are about to be issued showing an increase for district council services. It comes after district councillors approved the authority’s budget for the next financial year.  Sixty per cent of homes in South Holland are in the lowest two bands. Band A properties will increase by 6p per week while band B properties are up 7p ...

Potholes in Holbeach will be the first to be filled in the next round of Lincolnshire County Council’s patching programme. West End is due to be targeted by workmen on April 3 and 4. The council said: “Each job will require a temporary road closure, with appropriate traffic management measures put in place for the duration. “This is just the ...

Pinchbeck United Football Club’s hopes of taking the next step up the non-league ladder have been dealt a blow. The club has submitted a planning application to install floodlights, a concrete path around the pitch, a small stand and security fencing. The improvements are Football Association requirements to enable the club to progress from the Peterborough League to the United ...

A referendum to gauge Lincolnshire residents’ appetite for scrapping eight councils in favour of a unitary approach to local government in the county has been shelved. County council leader Martin Hill announced last month that it was his intention to ask for councillors’ support for the poll to be held on May 4. He said the move would remove residents’ confusion over which tier ...

A contractor is about to be appointed with a view to starting an £8.8m highways project in Holbeach in May. Lincolnshire County Council’s executive has now approved plans to progress with improvement works at Peppermint Junction, as well as moving forward with the creation of a South Lincolnshire Food Enterprise Zone (FEZ) and the delivery of approximately 900 new homes. The council said: “The ...

“Substantial” roadworks are being planned throughout Spalding this summer. Lincolnshire County Council highways is working on a project to carry out resurfacing in four areas of the town, including Winsover Road, part of which has been closed since mid-December for a complicated sewer repair by Anglian Water. Notices have been posted around the town advising utility firms of the scheduled ...

South Holland District Council has acknowledged the hard work and achievements of some staff members. The Value In People Recognition Awards acknowledge “delivery of services to the community” over the previous 12 months. Ayscoughfee Hall Museum tweeted its thanks after being named winner of the Bright Idea Award category. A council spokesman said: “The Value In People Awards brought together ...

Leading South Holland district councillors have moved to assure the public that the proposed £2.7million refurbishment of its Spalding headquarters is anything but for the benefit of its staff. Leader Gary Porter and cabinet member Roger Gambba-Jones underlined that any public perception that the aim of the project was to create a “shiny, more comfy” environment was very far wide ...

A book of bygone stories from a Girl Guiding group in Spalding has been published with financial support from the ward member’s budget of six South Holland district councillors. “Memories of 2nd Spalding Guide Company 1941-1965″ has been produced by District Guiding commissioners Bridget Scase and Jane Amess in tribute to Mary Waters, who was involved with the Guiding movement for 76 years ...

Almost half of customers at 77 South Holland food premises would snub them on their current food hygiene rating when displaying a window sticker becomes mandatory, a report claims. Commercial insurer NFU Mutual found that 44 per cent of people would turn away from even their favourite restaurants, fast food eateries, cafés and shops if they saw it was rated ...

Dog owners in South Holland who do not clean up their pet’s fouling face being shamed in a new council initiative. Under a campaign called Bag It, Bin It, South Holland District Council dog warden Rachel Thompson will spray paint dog mess and stencil a hard-hitting message next to it. The hope is that the highlighted mess will be seen ...

Unanimous councillor support was given for the principle of 46 homes being built on a Gosberton paddock. The decision at South Holland District Council’s planning committee meeting on February 1 came despite some concerns from locals over perceived over-development of the village and increased traffic worries. Stephen Catney, agent on behalf of applicants Mr and Mrs Dennis, spoke at the ...

A developer which invited South Holland District Council to turn down its application in order to allow it to appeal has not been disappointed. Councillors refused the Calderdale Homes (Eastern) application to build nine homes in Park Lane, Donington, when they met on February 1. The decision was deferred at the last planning meeting to allow the developer an opportunity ...

A proposal to build 48 affordable homes on EMG Motors’ site in St John’s Road, Spalding, has been delayed for discussion over details. South Holland District Council’s planning committee was worried nuisance and disputes would arise out of two homes having boundaries with an area of public open land where children may want to gather and play ball games. Chairman ...

Plans to unlock land for 900 homes in Holbeach and create a new food enterprise zone (FEZ), where more than 2,000 people could work, are pushing forward. Lincolnshire County Council’s executive will be asked to give various authorities, to include land sales and purchases, to allow the plans to progress when it meets on Tuesday.(Feb 7) Work on associated new ...

Neighbours of a doctors’ surgery set for expansion fear their concerns over lack of parking and resulting potential dangers have been ignored.   Indications are that Munro Medical Centre will get permission for a second consulting room at its surgery in Church Walk, Pinchbeck, which is currently only used a couple of times a week. The surgery relies on a ...

A Spalding shopkeeper has failed again to be granted a premises licence. However, Ernesta Tamutyte was poised for a second rejection inside a year after Lincolnshire Police lodged an objection on the grounds of her not satisfying two of the four licensing objectives – prevention of crime and disorder and public safety. Ms Tamutyte, of Hallgate, Moulton, runs Global Food ...