Tag Archives: South Holland District Council

The first homes offered for rent by Welland Homes are now fully occupied. The company was set up by South Holland District Council to provide rented homes across the district. It works in partnership with building firm D&R Homes and the Walters Close development in Spalding is now fully let. “It is a very attractive development built to an excellent ...

The chief executive of South Holland District Council has conceded that it could lose some of its top officers as part of a streamlining restructure. The jobs of some of the best talent – and highest earners – are at risk, although they have the chance to apply for new posts. Thirteen are being advertised publicly under a shake-up of ...

Young artists in South Holland are being invited to apply for up to £1,000 in funding as part of a new bursary scheme. The Lincolnshire One Venues (LOV) group, which is a network of ten arts venues including the South Holland Centre in Spalding, has secured new funding from Arts Council England, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and the Esmee Fairbairn ...

Picnic tables made and installed by volunteers are in use at Hoyles Memorial Sports Field in Sutton St James. They were paid for by a donation from South Holland Council ward member Coun Michael Seymour’s designated member’s budget. Pictured with Coun Seymour (right) are (from left) vice-chairman Phil Newton, volunteer Bernie Newton and chairman Mike Milchard.

Better images, better results – that’s the pledge coming with South Holland’s £108,475 upgraded CCTV system. The first camera in Spalding has completed testing and the other 16 cameras in the town will be rolled out from Monday (June 15). They are all due to be operational by the end of this month, at which point four new cameras in ...

By Coun Gary Porter, leader of South Holland District Council Now the dust has settled after the election, I am happy to have this opportunity to share some of my reflections on aspects of the campaign and on things going forward. Firstly though, I’d like to say thank you to a few people. I would like to thank all of ...

The Spalding homeowner who was told to put a fence back to its original line has appealed the decision. Simon Barker was shocked last November when council officers arrived to say his £1,000 new fence required planning permission. The line of it had been extended to enclose a small piece of land belonging to Mr Barker, which was often covered ...

UKIP’S beaten candidate for the South Holland and The Deepings parliamentary seat is to withdraw from active participation locally. David Parsons polled 10,736 votes to take a 21.7 per cent share of the turnout in the General Election on May 7. He finished second to Conservative John Hayes, who received 29,303 votes. The result tripled UKIP’s number of votes from ...

New faces on South Holland District Council and some of those who missed out have been giving their reaction to last week’s election results. Paul Foyster was the second UKIP candidate after Spalding pub landlord Pete Williams to secure a seat on the council. He will represent Holbeach Town ward. Coun Foyster said: “It was not a great result nationally ...

South Holland District Council now has a new composition for a fresh four-year term. The 37 members covering 18 wards were elected during a count in Spalding on Friday afternoon, following Thursday’s poll. It was a good election for the ruling Conservative group, which increased its number of seats by three to 28. For the first time, UKIP has members ...

Ayscoughfee Gardens looks fantastic year-round and is one of Spalding’s top attractions. The way it looks and how it is run is down to the hard work and dedication of Dan Cooper and his staff. Head gardener since 2008, Dan (39) has a wealth of horticulture and agronomy knowledge and keeps the gardens in top shape, with the help of ...

A wealth of community projects and other good causes across South Holland have been helped by financial contributions from a district council pot over the past 12 months. Each financial year, all 37 councillors are each given £5,000 as a designated members’ budget to allocate as they wish. One of the largest single projects this year was in Spalding where ...

Two men acknowledged for services to their respective communities have been presented with the British Empire Medal. Michael Booth and Graham Dark were recognised in the Queen’s New Year Honours. Mr Booth, of Sutton Bridge, was presented with his medal by The Lord-Lieutenant of Lincolnshire, Toby Dennis, at a ceremony on Saturday in Long Sutton Market House, a multi-use community ...

More than 140 homes could be built in the next two years by a new housing company owned by South Holland District Council. The £15.2million project – funded by loans and £2.621million from council reserves – is expected to boost growth in the local economy and create jobs. The homes would be for a mixture of sale and rent. The aims ...

A trial scheme to collect textiles separately from other recyclable products is being extended. South Holland District Council’s waste and recycling team launched the venture last year. It is now being extended to include Donington, Weston Hills, Moulton, parts of Long Sutton, Wygate Park area of Spalding and parts of Holbeach. Blue bags and leaflets are currently being delivered to ...

Members of South Holland District Council drew praise from both sides of the political divide as they met for the final time of the current administration. The Conservative and Independent groups agreed that councillors had gone about business during the past five years in a “generally courteous way”, which had enabled much good work to be achieved. Council leader Gary ...