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A derelict fire-damaged Lincolnshire hotel has sold at auction for £181,000. South Holland District Council was out-bid for the property which had been carrying a guide price of £80,000. The hammer went down at more than £100,000 over the guide at the AuctionHouse online auction last week. It was one of 73 lots from around East Anglia and the Midlands ...

New locks on toilets could be rolled out across South Holland after it was claimed they’ve been a success in Holbeach. In August new heavy duty electronically timed locks were installed in the rebuilt toilets in the town. And a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring Panel recently was asked how that trial was going to toilets so ...

A Spalding convenience shop has been refused temporary licences to sell alcohol for two week-long ‘events.’ Members of the licensing panel of South Holland District Council made the decision on Monday afternoon. Three temporary event notice applications were made by Helmat Hilmi for the store Nida Express on Winsover Road. It proposed to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises ...

Plans for a new Aldi in Holbeach represent a multi-million pound investment in the town, according to documents submitted this week. Aldi is looking to build a new supermarket on Fleet Street and create 40 full-time equivalent jobs for the area. The company said the new jobs will offer training and career growth opportunities.It added that its rates of pay ...

Proposals to build 36 homes in Quadring have been recommended for approval, despite a raft of objections. The proposal is going before members of South Holland District Council’s planning committee next Wednesday. The application has been made by Seagate Homes but the district council owns land which would be used for the planned access connection. The application is a revised ...

Nearly 250 people have signed a petition calling for a bus company to fully reinstate a service linking Spalding, Crowland and Peterborough. Stagecoach East has made the number 37 service every other hour rather than hourly. But Crowland resident Rodney Sadd is calling for the service to be reinstated highlighting that those living in the village looking to get into ...

Thousands of households in South Holland are yet to receive the £150 council tax rebate from the government, it’s been revealed. But those who haven’t received the payment aimed at helping with the current cost of living, will have the money taken off their council tax bill next year, a council meeting has heard. As previously reported, The Voice has ...

People who feel they may be about to be homeless are being urged to come forward at the earliest possible opportunity as South Holland deals with rising homelessness. From April to June, South Holland District Council had 107 homeless cases. It’s set itself a target that 50 per cent of cases are opened before the person becomes homeless and 70 ...

Plan B or not Plan B? That is the question being asked about the future of the Castle Sports Complex. The Spalding leisure centre is waiting to hear if it’s been successful in a £20m bid for Levelling Up funding submitted two Prime Ministers ago, in August. Spalding and Peele Leisure Centre’s performance were discussed by South Holland District Council’s ...

A councillor has urged more Spalding businesses to open later and on Sundays. Coun Gary Taylor has urged more businesses to extend their opening hours so the town can compete with others. “People can go to religious events as well as going shopping,” he told the Spalding Town Forum last week about Sunday opening. “I believe there’s an opportunity to ...

A reduced bus service has been branded ‘disgraceful’ with councillors being urged to protest. The number 37 bus which links Spalding and Peterborough is moving to every other hour from October 30. Operator Stagecoach East has cut 18 services recently, and while the Spalding service will continue, it won’t run as regularly. As previously reported, passengers face longer waits, for ...

Members of Spalding Town Forum have expressed concerns over a perceived lack of action from a group set up to improve the town. But South Holland District Council’s Matthew Hogan said people will see improvements made as a result of work by the Spalding Town Improvement Steering Group soon. It was set up in early 2020 with key stakeholders, councillors ...

An application to install a sub-station and rapid charging points in a Spalding car park has been submitted. The proposal would see eight charge points along with the erection of a substation at the Winsover Centre. “Our proposal will serve as a vital new piece of infrastructure for both local people and for visitors. “Further, it will serve to increase ...

There have been renewed calls for a Spalding alley likened to a latrine, be gated at night. Abbey Passage links Bridge Street and Vine Street/The Crescent, and is set to be the location of artwork commissioned by Transported Arts. Coun Roger Gambba-Jones made the latrine claim at a meeting of the Spalding Town Forum last week. He told the meeting ...

A Holbeach woman has thanked the community for their support after planners allowed her to continue to add to the £27,000 she’s raised for charity. Ann Gregory has been granted a ‘lawful use certificate’ so she can continue to sell goods from her Boston Road South home for Jerry Green Dog Rescue. The retiree, who is a carer for her ...

Staffing levels at South Holland leisure centres led to the operating company being ‘put on notice’ by the district council, a report has revealed. Parkwood Leisure was put under scrutiny by South Holland District Council after a series of closures at centres both in Spalding and Long Sutton in April. A report to be presented to councillors next week outlined ...

Plans for 100 new homes in Holbeach have been submitted to South Holland District Council. Ashwood Homes has applied for the properties to be built on land off Fen Road and Tudor Way. Half of the 100 dwellings will be two-bedroom houses with 46 three-bedroom and four with one bedroom. According to a design and access statement submitted with the ...

A former councillor and pub landlord has been told he can keep living in a caravan for two years that was sited without planning permission. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee went against the officer’s recommendation of refusal for the structure at Irby House off Millgate in Whaplode. Development on what was formerly a derelict greenhouse had previously been rejected ...

A new Crowland home could have to come down after it was built contrary to planning permission. Planning officers say the home on The Willows was meant to be built in a similar style to the rest of that estate, while the floor is not as high as was agreed, leading to an objection from the Environment Agency. That concern ...

South Holland residents who don’t pay council tax through direct debit say they’ve been left in the dark over the £150 government payments they’re owed. The residents affected that The Voice has spoken to say they’ve been frustrated at not being able to speak to South Holland District Council on the phone about the issue with the authority having previously ...