Author Archives: Richard Rush

Retrospective request for listed building plans

A group of retrospective planning applications for Ayscoughfee Hall by South Holland District Council has been questioned by a member. In total, six applications were all made after the district council had carried out the work. Three of them were duplicates relating to the fact the boundary wall and dwarf walls in question are Grade II Listed. Independent district council ...

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Man fined thousands for operating illegal waste site in Crowland

A Crowland man has been fined after he pleaded guilty to operating a waste site without permission and allowing others to fly-tip there. Raymond Wortley, 75, of The Streddars, Hundreds Road, accepted and stored waste illegally at his home without a permit. While some of the waste was burned, he also left his gate open which allowed flytippers to deposit ...

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Plan for children’s home gets thumbs up

A Long Sutton house is set to be turned into a children’s home. 24/7 Support UK Limited have been given planning permission to turn a property on Wisbech Road into a place for three children to live alongside six members of staff. Documents submitted with the application state: “The aim of such a facility is to simulate a family dwelling, ...

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Gym equipment for station

Holbeach firefighters can keep fit while on duty thanks to a donation from Holbeach St Marks Community Gym. The gym has donated some unwanted equipment to Holbeach Fire Station. Nick Worth, a director of the community gym, said: “We had several pieces of gym equipment that were duplicated and we needed to create some space in the village hall for ...

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Five injured in Holbeach RTC

Five people were injured in a road traffic collision that closed Holbeach roads yesterday evening (Tuesday, May 24). The incident occurred shortly before 4.30pm at the junction of Wignals Gate and Spalding Road and involved a BMW, Corsa and van. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “Five people, who were in the vehicles, suffered in injuries and were taken to ...

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Woman went on rampage in pub she was barred from

A woman who was barred from a Gosberton pub smashed bottles behind the bar there, assaulted the landlady and stole liquor, a court has heard. Leanne Thornton, 39 of Bowditch Road, admitted three assaults by beating, one of damage and one of burglary, as well as failing to comply with the community protection order, when they appeared at Boston Magistrates ...

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Man airlifted to hospital with ‘multiple serious injuries’ after car he was working on fell on top of him

A man was airlifted to hospital with ‘multiple serious injuries’ yesterday (Monday, May 24) after a car fell on to a man who was working underneath it. Staff from the MAGPAS (Mid Anglia General Practitioner Accident Service) Air Ambulance said it performed multiple surgical procedures on a man in his 50s before flying him to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. His ...

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£1.8m grant to create cycling routes between Spalding and Pinchbeck

New measures to promote cycling between Spalding and Pinchbeck are being proposed thanks to a government grant. Lincolnshire County Council has been given £1.8m by central government to fund the measures via its Active Travel Fund. Subject to feasibility, the money will be spent on improving facilities along both Spalding and Pinchbeck Road. The news comes as work began this ...

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Months of roundabout roadworks to start Monday.

Months of roadworks during the work to build a roundabout for the first phase of the Spalding Western Relief Road are to begin on Monday (May 30). Lincolnshire County Council has announced the schedule for the work for a new roundabout around Pinchbeck/Spalding Road. Monday to Tuesday May 30 and 31 – Stop/Go boards on Spalding Road near its junction ...

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Councillor urges residents to use tip on ‘quieter days’

A county councillor has urged people using Spalding tip to go on quieter days and to use it less for green waste in a bid to beat queues there. Daniel McNally, Lincolnshire County Council’s executive councillor for waste, made the comments after being asked about a new contract being drawn up in relation to the running of the West Marsh ...

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Police appeal over Spalding pub fight

Lincolnshire Police have launched an appeal following a brawl in a Spalding pub. An image has been released of a person the person says it wants to speak to following a report of a fight between two groups on Sunday, April 10. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We would like to speak to the man pictured in connection with ...

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Holbeach gears up for the jubilee

Holbeach is gearing up for its celebration to mark Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne. Shops are already decorating their front windows ahead of a whole host of events in the town from June 2-4. A special Jubilee Garden is being created for the momentous occasion in Carter’s Park while Coun Tracey Carter is in the process of erecting ...

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Flats plan passed for former social club

An empty listed building in the centre of Spalding is to be turned into flats. The former Geest Social Club on Spring Gardens, which was most recently a dance studio, is to be made into seven homes after planning approval was granted last night (Wednesday). Coun Jack Tyrrell said: “It’s a great building where I’ve spent many a time. It’s ...

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Plans for former sorting office passed – but some wish it would be bulldozed

Planning approval has been granted to turn Spalding’s ‘hideous’ former sorting office into flats, but concerns have been expressed it won’t be delivered. Some members of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee said they’d rather the building on The Crescent be demolished and replaced with a new building. But planners backed the bid to turn it into retail use on ...

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Calls for planning guidance changes as 48 homes passed in Surfleet

Councillors have called for better government standards for housing while passing a new Surfleet estate and claiming more homes being built in South Holland will eventually lead to better provisions in the area. The remarks came as South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee passed Ashley King (Developments) Ltd’s plans for 48 new homes off Sunnydale Close in Surfleet. There were ...

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Plans for 185 homes in Holbeach passed

Outline plans to build 185 homes in Holbeach have been given the thumbs up by planners. The application by Cicero Estates for land off Battlefields Lane South was introduced to South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Thursday) as an effective renewal of an 185 home application granted permission in January 2018. There were 68 public objections, including from ...

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Suspended sentence for man who failed to provide headstones ‘a warning’ to other businesses, trading standards claim

The suspended jail sentence handed out to a Spalding man who failed to provide headstones ‘serves as a warning to traders that they cannot get away with unfair and fraudulent business practices’, trading standards say. Julian Karl Gaunt, director of JG Select Memorials Ltd, pleaded guilty to five of nine counts relating to failing to deliver or give refunds for ...

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Mum of teen killed on building site speak of her own ‘life sentence’

The mother of a Holbeach teenager killed on a building site has spoken of her ‘life sentence’ after a trial relating to his death ended this week. During the four years since 18-year-old Josh Disdel died, his mum has battled health problems including a ‘mini-stroke’ brought on by the stress of the case. Fiona-Jane Lobley collapsed in Lincoln Crown Court ...

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Drink driver found asleep at wheel told police he didn’t know why he was there

A driver who was almost three times over the legal alcohol limit was found asleep at the wheel, a court has heard. Edgaras Rainys, 33, of Queens Road admitted driving with excess alcohol as well as having no insuranceor driving licence when he appeared at Boston Magistrates Court. Prosecuting, Shelley Wilson said police had been informed on May 2 about ...

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Dentist fails to meet targets

A Spalding dentist faces enforcement action after failing to adhere to regulations. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission returned to Crescent Dental Surgery after initially discovering breaches in November. Roopesh Singh was told to undertake a schedule of work to ensure his practice was safe, effective and well-led after the November visit. The practice was subject to a re-visit in ...

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