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Plans for 650 homes in Holbeach have been passed again, this time with £720,000 less in contributions. The proposed homes between the A17 and A151 were previously approved at outline stage in 2016, following an application by RH and AM Goodley. The development would have provided 33.3 per cent affordable homes and £5,006,751 towards education, health and roads. The new ...

A new holiday park has been granted permission to have fences with turbines in them to generate power. Developer Larkfleet gained permission for the 38 cabins on Lowgate Fleet last year. It was back before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last week asking permission for the fences which the wind blows through to create energy for a battery. Jamie ...

Plans for 40 homes In Crowland were passed on a deciding vote and 52 others deferred last week. Four different applications for the town came before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee. The 40-home application for a development off Barbers Drove North was passed after the panel was split with six of the committee voting for and six against. That ...

Plans to create a new Holbeach Health Hub have been unveiled. South Holland District Council says its working with the Primary Care Network and NHS Lincolnshire on creating a new and expanded town centre building for the Holbeach Medical Practice. It’s part of the town centre improvement plans. A statement released by the council on Tuesday includes no firm details ...

A Holbeach Drove shop faces a review of its premises licence next week after two illegal workers were found there by police. Lincolnshire Police are requesting that South Holland District Council’s licensing panel “seriously consider a revocation” of the premises licence from Komalar Vijayakumar for Holbeach Drove Store on Thursday writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines. A report to the committee from ...

Plans for a new Aldi in Holbeach have been passed, despite a late objection by Tesco. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Wednesday, March 8) unanimously passed plans to build the 1,315 square foot store off Fleet Street. It will include 110 customer and 17 staff customer car parking spaces and look to create around 40 jobs, the ...

Public transport failings in rural South Holland are creating a barrier to accessing education and vital services such as healthcare. A report compiled by the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership (SELCP) highlights issues and investigates potential solutions, including e-bikes and rural transport schemes. The new scrutiny group is the first of its kind created under the SELCP umbrella, and ...

South Holland groups could have a say on how £3.4m is spent in the area. Organisations are being asked to bid for the money which is part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF). To decide who gets the money, South Holland District Council is looking for 16 representatives from local businesses, community organisations, education ...

It’s hoped a National Lottery win for the town will lead to even more money being allocated for the future as more details were revealed about The Spalding Reconnected: Historic Town and Riverside scheme. It’s been granted £233,163 by the Heritage Fund and its “aim is to support the town centre and the connection with the River Welland through investment ...

Plans for a new Aldi store in Holbeach look likely to be approved when they are discussed by South Holland District Council planners next week.An application to demolish existing buildings on the Fleet Street site owned by the district council and replace it with a superstore are recommended to be approved by members of the planning committee.The new shop will ...

Spalding has been awarded a £233k lottery boost to launch a brand new project for town centre improvements centred on the riverside. Spalding Reconnected: Historic Town and Riverside has been given The National Lottery Heritage Fund grant. The initiative “will seek to create and promote several townscape and riverside improvements, together with future funding opportunities all based on Spalding’s heritage,” ...

A licence application to sell alcohol and host live music at a Spalding venue has met with objections. The Sessions House has been using temporary event permissions up until now, but one neighbour claims noise from the venue is affecting her health. The application is due to be discussed by members of South Holland’s licencing committee next week. “My home ...

More accessible play equipment and facilities are being looked at for Ayscoughfee Gardens as the town’s first Changing Places toilets were officially opened there. A £150,000 government grant was given to build the facilities at the cafe in the gardens, in Holbeach and for the Sheep Market toilets, work on which is yet to be started. The toilets are designed ...

Lincolnshire would receive an extra £200million each year if it was funded at the same rate as London. New figures produced by the county council reveal the vast funding gap, which isn’t made up for by Levelling Up or Towns Deal money, writes Local Democracy Reporter Jamie Waller. The capital receives more than 50 per cent extra per person, according ...

The leader of South Holland District Council has called for bigger fines for fly-tippers as it was revealed cameras purchased by the authority to catch offenders had been used for the first time. Coun Gary Porter made the call as the council’s Cabinet looked at a new Environmental Crime policy its taking on. “We need stronger regulation at a national ...

Putting more solar panels on council homes is not “cost effective nor practical” it’s been claimed. Resident David Jones asked if it was something South Holland District Council were looking at in a recent meeting of the Spalding Town Forum. Coun Christine Lawton, SHDC’s portfolio holder for finance, said: “We are doing the best with the government’s agenda installing equipment ...

South Holland District Council has been awarded money from the Community Matters Fund to help recently-opened warm spaces. The council is in the process of making a one-off £500 contribution to support signed-up warm spaces opening on a weekly basis. For those that have signed-up but are open less than once a week, there is a separate grant available of ...

Plans for another 76 new homes in Spalding have been submitted to South Holland District Council. The former Ivanda Nursery site on the east side of Monks House Lane would be developed if the plans are approved. “Surrounded on three sides by existing residential development and located within the settlement boundary, the site is considered eminently suitable for residential development,” ...

A pot of money has been put together to improve four areas of Spalding – in some cases years after the money was allocated. South Holland District Council is looking to spend £282,935 on: * Improving seating in Hall Place and removing trees.* Replacing broken planters and looking at the public seating on Double Street and Bridge Street.* Replacing broken ...

Building the Spalding Western Relief Road is more important than contributions for health and education, some councillors have argued as they passed plans for 400 associated homes last week. Others raised concerns that the road will never be completed as South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee voted through final plans for 100 homes and outline plans for 300 more to ...