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The owner of several night time venues in Spalding says he’d back a bid for Purple Flag status for the town. As reported last week, South Holland District Council is looking at applying for the recognition for excellent in night life through the South and East Lincolnshire Local Councils Partnership. XO and Imaginarium owner Matt Clark says it’s something he ...

Tributes have been paid to a former district councillor who stood for the Wygate Park ward. Paul Walls died aged 84 on Monday, January 2. He leaves behind wife Margaret and daughters Nicola and Rachel. Mr Walls stood alongside Coun Roger Gambba-Jones for the first two terms the Wygate Park ward was created. “During those eight years he proved to ...

Communities and businesses in South Holland are set to benefit from £3.39m of funding. The money is coming from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and the Rural England Property Fund, and the district council is inviting expressions of interest. The government is awarding £2.69m through the shared prosperity fund with a further £700,000 available through a separate fund aimed at ...

A Lutton man says he’s thinking of turning a pool of water on the road outside his home into a wildlife reserve. John Tolliday says he’s fed up of the poor drainage outside his Puddingpoke Lane home having complained to Lincolnshire County Council about it for a number of years. “When vehicles come down it splashes all over my lawn,” ...

A new team to tackle environmental crime, including fly-tipping, in South Holland has been appointed. Kingdom LA Support Ltd has been appointed across the South and East Lincolnshire Council’s Partnership after previously being appointed by Boston Borough Council. As previously reported in The Voice, in 2021 it secured 25 prosecutions for Boston in just six months, while South Holland District ...

Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex looks set to be completely revamped after Levelling Up funding worth £20m was approved. South Holland District Council wants to extend the ‘dry-side’ of the complex so it can incorporate three pools. Other attraction on the site would include a new 3G floodlit football pitch, a changing pavilion and a multi-use games area for a variety ...

A bid for Spalding’s nightlife to receive recognition for its excellence is being considered. Council officials are looking to apply for Purple Flag status which is awarded to “Excellence in the Evening and Night-Time Economy” by the Association of Town and City Management (ATCM). “Vibrant, night-time economies do not happen by accident,” the ATCM website states. “Innovation, curation, planning and ...

A parish council says lack of improvements to infrastructure coupled with more house building is creating ‘distrust between local people and authorities”. Holbeach Parish Council has written to South Holland District Council planning officers and the chairman of its Planning Committee following applications by housing developers to reduce the Section 106 contributions. These are where developers agree to provide things ...

Reports of a man with a handgun sparked a police search which included their helicopter in Spalding last night. It was reported at 8.17pm yesterday (Sunday, January 15) following an incident in Hall Place. The police helicopter was seen and heard circling around Spalding town centre and Woolram Wygate area. A police spokesman said: “We were called at 8.17pm last ...

A historic former pub and hotel by the River Glen is to be turned into flats. The Mermaid in Surfleet, which was granted Grade II Listed Building Status last May, will be made into five homes. Three two-storey and one-single storey dwellings are also set to be built in the former beer garden and car park. Parts of the building ...

Plans to build 35 homes in Pinchbeck have been passed despite local opposition. Postland Developments was given outline permission to build on the land off Milestone Lane back in 2017 even though it’s outside the boundaries of the village because, at the time, South Holland District Council did not have a five year supply of housing. It currently does and ...

Renewed calls have been made for more government cash for South Holland as local drainage boards look set to ask for “well over £3m” of council tax. Leader of South Holland District Council Coun Gary Porter says the area should be compensated for dealing with the water that flows into it He’s calling for the 17 councils in the UK ...

South Holland District Council’s share of the council tax is proposed to go up by three per cent and the authority will look to use reserves to reduce the bills. The tax increase will equate to £5.76 for a Band D property and generate £300,000, the authority’s Cabinet was told on Tuesday. But that won’t be enough to cover proposed ...

New CCTV cameras are being installed in a Holbeach park after more than 20 incidents were reported to police over a year. A previous CCTV system covering Carter’s Park was removed after a camera was stolen and a complaint was made about access to the data being stored. “These are professional-grade CCTV cameras and one of our councillors trains CCTV ...

A grant of £353,614 has been awarded to help protect people from homelessness in South Holland. The government has presented the Homelessness Prevention Grant to South Holland District Council to cover work in the next two years. The authority has faced rising costs associated with its role of providing shelter for the homeless. When asked what the funding will be ...

Work costing £250,000 is to be spent on improvements to two Spalding town centre junctions. Upgraded traffic lights and bus priority measures are among the works set to be carried out on Winfrey Avenue’s junctions with Swan Street and Kings Road. Work is due to start at the Kings Road junction from January 30 to March 3 and at Swan ...

Lincolnshire County Council will put up its share of council tax, but is still to decide how much. The authority says its facing a shortfall, but the most it can put up its precept (the share of the tax) is 4.99 per cent. To do that it says it would also have to transfer £3.4m from its reserves. It’s also ...

A pub given listed building status just months ago could be turned into flats despite opposition from Historic England. The Mermaid was granted Grade II listed status in May in an attempt to protect the currently-closed establishment on Gosberton Road, Surfleet. But South Holland District Council planning officers are recommending the plans be passed by the authority’s Planning Committee when ...

Councillors say they’ll continue to support the gardens at Ayscoughfee after a recent event celebrating £375,000 worth of improvements over the last year. Ahead of the Johnson Water Fountain being installed, there’s been a host of works carried out, including a new Changing Places toilet created with £50,000 of government funding as part of the refurbished cafe. A full refit ...

A controversial bid to build 35 homes off Milestone Lane in Pinchbeck have been recommended for final approval. An outline application for the works was approved back in 2016 with developers Postland Developments now looking to finalise building it and its access. The land is a former car workshop and farmyard and is outside the settlement boundary of Pinchbeck. But ...