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A plea has gone out to try and get Spalding back into the In Bloom competition. The town has won East Midlands in Bloom 11 times in the past, Spalding Town Forum was told last week.But a lack of volunteers means it doesn’t even enter it anymore.Long time members George Slinger and Geoff Hoare told the forum that shoots had ...

The long-running saga over a play area for Moulton may finally be set to end. South Holland District Council says it has reached an agreement with The Moultons Parish Council to lease a third of an acre for 50 years to put a park on.It’s something that’s been proposed for decades under different guises.Three years ago, it was planned to ...

Two separate applications for family homes have been refused because they’re deemed to be in open countryside, despite some support for both. One family wanted to build a four-bed house at an ‘untidy’ haulage yard where a memorial to their daughter had been erected.Another was looking to build an eco-home just outside Holbeach, but it too was refused by South ...

The latest round of crowd funding is available for community projects. The South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland District Council is a part, has announced the latest round of its crowd fund thanks to a grant of £45,000 from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).Having initially launched the South and East Lincs Crowd Programme in February, ...

South Holland residents are being reminded to have a say on Spalding town centre access. A consultation is being held to gain an insight into the issue.Almost 600 people have already taken part and the consultation closes on Tuesday, July 24.The Spalding Town Forum is running the survey and is looking to understand feelings about the current Traffic Regulation Order. ...

Work to improve cycleway and footpaths on a road in Spalding are set to begin next week and last up to six weeks The work is being carried out on Holbeach Road as what is the first phase of Lincolnshire County Council’s Spalding Active Travel improvements. The proposed start date for the works is Monday 24 July, with the first ...

Football can and does help footfall in Spalding a councillor has claimed as a panel unanimously gave its backing for the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field to be leased out. The ground bequeathed to the people of Spalding on the proviso it be open to the public was described as a “challenging site” for South Holland by Coun Paul Redgate ...

The annual canvass, a process which takes place every year to keep the Electoral Register up to date, will start later this week. Managed by the electoral services team at South Holland District Council, it will see around 20,000 properties contacted by email on Friday, July 14.Emails will be sent to those in the household aged 16 or over who ...

The team that tackles homelessness in South Holland are ‘moving in the right direction’, it’s been claimed, after it was revealed staffing problems had led to it missing a host of targets. It was highlighted as an area of concern in a report of South Holland District Council’s performance between January and March this year.The document to its Performance Monitoring ...

Previous council leadership ‘didn’t have enough urgency’ towards the South Holland Centre, councillors have claimed. But despite being £124,000 over budget in the last financial year, they also praised the progress made in increasing footfall in recent works.The issue came before South Holland District Council’s Performance and Monitoring Committee last week where the South Holland Centre’s new manager Jo Mackle ...

It’s been argued lessons need to be learned on the upkeep of Peele Leisure Centre or it faces losing more customers. The delay in repairing volleyball posts there led to it being referred to South Holland District Council’s Performance and Monitoring Panel.Its meeting last week was told that there had been a ‘breakdown in communication’ between operators Parkwood and University ...

A new school for students with special needs could be built on the edge of Whaplode. Plans have been submitted to convert Dorcette House at the corner of Little Lane and Thorpe’s Lane, into a day school offering special care for children aged from five to 16 years old.It will be run by a husband and wife team, Deborah and ...

Another property developer is claiming there’s not enough profit to provide affordable homes on a new development in South Holland. A report sent to South Holland District Council says D&R Homes cannot offer the required seven homes from a development of 38 in Gosberton.A similar report, created by the same specialist company based in Exeter, was sent to the council ...

An official consultation on the pedestrianisation of Spalding town centre is being launched today (Monday) as a new branding to promote the town has been revealed. The consultation, which is set to run for three weeks, is looking for people to have their say on pedestrian vehicle use of the town centre also seeking feedback from members of the public ...

Spalding United say town centre businesses could benefit from huge plans to invest in the club if it can take on a lease for the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. The club has played there for decades but no club has leased it due to the land having been gifted to the town in 1951 on the condition it’s for ...

Spalding’s South Holland Centre needed an extra £124,248 in subsidy when income fell short, a report has revealed. South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel will discuss an update on the centre’s action plan at a meeting on Tuesday.The main ‘areas for concern’ outlined in the update were shortfalls in film income, room hire, other hire fees and catering rental ...

A developer with permission for 70 homes in Long Sutton has claimed there is no cash for affordable homes within the plan. South Holland District Council’s requirement is that 25 per cent of developments over 11 homes should be affordable.But an application has been submitted by Stinders Homes (SPV2 Ltd) which says rocketing prices mean the expected 17 affordable homes ...

Planning laws around the Holbeach Food Enterprise Zone could continue to be more relaxed. Back in 2018 South Holland District Council incorporated a five-year Local Development Order (LDO) for the site which aims to bring food businesses closer together.That effectively gives outline permission for companies to build premises for specific use on the designated land near Peppermint Junction.It means companies ...

South Holland District Council is backing a national campaign to urge residents to water trees in residential areas, parks, public and community areas. The calls are being led by the Arboricultural Association and Woodland Trust.A spokesman for the South and East Lincolnshire Local Councils Partnership, of which South Holland is a member alongside Boston and East Lindsey, said: “Last year, ...

More people have been brought in to cut Holbeach Cemetery after the state of it was branded ‘totally disgusting’ by one councillors. Coun Peter Savoury told fellow members of Holbeach Parish Council at a meeting last week that he’d been shocked at the state of how long the grass had become.“I went for a walk up there and it looked ...