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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 ...

Council tax bills across South Holland look set for sharp rises after one parish council put its share up 26 per cent citing concerns over ‘astronomical’ utility costs. Holbeach Parish Council voted through the increase which would mean a Band D property would pay £88.29 a year to the authority, up from £70 last year. Locally the council tax you ...

The northern section of the Spalding Western Relief Road is slightly delayed with work now set to be completed by the end of 2023. When started it was due to be completed by Autumn of that year. An update to Lincolnshire County Council’s Highways and Transport Committee though has revealed the new date. It says: “Works commenced in January 2022 ...

Children’s Centres around the county will be open between Christmas and the New Year to give families a warm space. A total of 31 centres, including Spalding, Holbeach and Crowland, will open on December 28, 29 and 30, offering fun and festive activities. All children’s centres are free to join, with each offering a variety of activities with free drop-in ...

The Conservatives have gained a seat on the district council by just 12 votes while South Holland Independents have kept the county council seat previously held by Coun Angela Newton. Her death in August triggered the by-elections won by Steve Timewell and Manzur Hasan respectively.Flower Parade organiser Steve gained the Monks House ward on South Holland District Council for the ...

A teenager has been warned to expect custody after he admitted stabbing a man with a knife in a Lincolnshire village. George Swallow, 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm when he appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. His victim, Linton Doherty, was taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with a suspected stab wound ...

A shop in Fleet has been told it can’t currently sell alcohol after police found illegal workers there. Mace Convivence Store at Fleet Road Garage had applied to change its designated premises supervisor to Arunmolithevan Balamuhunthan, a move Lincolnshire Police objected to. Following a hearing held behind closed doors today (Monday, December 12) South Holland District Council’s Licencing Panel rejected ...

Spending more money on another town business survey is a waste of both cash and time, according to a long-standing trader. A decision has been taken by South Holland District Council to spend another £30,000 with an external consultant. The money has been earmarked for Mosaic Partnerships Ltd which has already conducted a survey among 75 businesses to see if ...

A former charity’s day therapy centre in Spalding is to be turned into a house after its services moved into the Johnson Hospital. Lincolnshire-based hospice St Barnabas previously ran sessions in this part of the county from a bungalow on Clover Way off Woolram Wygate, close to the Co-op store. But it’s now said the care and support it gives ...

Plans to construct a development of glass houses in Low Fulney could be set to get the go-ahead. The development is in phases and the first will include glasshouses of up to 6.2m high. Clear plastics and glass with a high insulation value will be used alongside screens to improve insulation and control sunshine. The total floorspace of the glasshouses ...

Plans for a car dismantling business on land at the yard of a former pub have been submitted. The application would see the business operate from land at the Old Ship Inn at Gosberton Clough. Information accompanying the application to South Holland District Council says the site had previously been used as a site for a transport company. The site ...

A late councillor’s bid for new safety measures at a Spalding junction has been given a boost with councillors to look into the £90,000 work. Earlier this year Coun Angela Newton successfully campaigned for double yellow lines be put in to stop people parking around Winsover Road’s junction with Hawthorn Bank and Carrington Road. Before her death in August she’d ...

Joining a three-council partnership has not been universally welcomed by all staff and elected members, a report reveals. A survey conducted on members and officers at all three authorities reveals one thought the only benefit was ‘having a longer name.’South Holland joined with Boston Borough and East Lindsey a year ago to form the South and East Lincolnshire Partnership. The ...

A scheduled meeting of Holbeach Parish Council was forced to be abandoned last week after two councillors walked out.Couns Mark Murphet and Tim Wiltshire left in protest and there were insufficient members remaining to continue.They were unhappy that a previous 10 minute time slot for open questions at the start of the meeting had been replaced with a 25-minute open ...

South Holland District Council has completed £124,000 work on Spalding bus station and Winfrey Avenue car park.The works, which started in late September, included resurfacing across both the station and the car park with a new heavy-duty Tarmac, as well as installing new line markings, signage and litter bins.The bus shelters have all undergone a thorough deep clean, and a ...

A man fined for possessing three knives while drinking celebrating his birthday has told a court he was in the process of moving to a new address. Police searched Gintaras Cariovas, 57, of Winsover Road because they’d received a call over a concern for his own safety following a separation with his wife of 36-years. He admitted three charges of ...

Planners have turned down an application for 36 homes in Quadring, despite a previous application having been passed on the site. Despite that outline permission for land off St Margarets which has now expired, the land was not included as marked for development as part of the South East Lincolnshire Local Plan. That’s why last week South Holland District Council’s ...

A Sutton St James man’s bid to build a new carbon negative home built to the same design as a Fenland agricultural building has been refused by planners. Electrical engineer for the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Michael Peace had already had one plan for the home turned down. He likened his plans to the Low Fulney house featured on ...

A bid to turn a grade II listed building in Spalding into a home for 16 people was branded ‘cultural vandalism’ as planners turned it down. A developer had wanted to turn The Grange in Pinchbeck Road into a House for Multiple Occupation (HMO). But South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee gave the application short shift last week. “It’s another ...

A developer has been allowed to put 14 more cabins on a holiday park despite some councillors claiming they were being used for homes. Larkfleet Homes has been allowed to increase the number of log cabins it intends to put on the site off Lowgate, Fleet, to 38. It previously had an application for 24, but has yet to erect ...