Council

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 ...

The chairman of South Holland District Council reached new heights in his fundraising efforts. Coun Paul Redgate is looking to raise money for the charity MIND during his year in office and is looking to do at least one event a month to raise money and awareness for the organisation. The most recent was a skydive at Sibson Airfield done ...

A woman who has raised over £27,000 for charity by selling second hand goods from her Holbeach home has been told she can continue to do so. Ann Gregory will be able to sell from her Boston Road South property from 10am to 4pm three days a week (excluding bank holidays and Sundays) after South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee ...

The Johnson Drinking Fountain can be re-erected in Ayscoughfee gardens, councillors have ruled, but they also criticised the council for its lack of planning and consultation over its siting. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night granted permission to return it to the hall where it sat from 1956 to 2018. It follows opposition led by the Spalding and ...

Long Sutton Parish Council says it could hold an event the same day as next year’s Spalding Flower Parade as it declined to participate in something it said ‘would only benefit the Spalding economy’. Like other parish councils in South Holland, it had been offered the opportunity to have a float at the event scheduled for Saturday, May 6. But ...

A retrospective planning application for three structures at a Holbeach Hurn recycling site was withdrawn before a decision could be made this week. Midwest Polychem has applied to Lincolnshre County Council for the structures, which already exist, but officers recommended the application be rejected by members of the committee. Before the planning and regulation meeting was due to be held ...

A developer has requested all of its contributions to the community from a Long Sutton site be removed amid a row with the parish council over removing hedges. Loosegate Developments, which has started preparation work as it looks to build 180 homes off Seagate Road, is meant to build 25 per cent as ‘affordable’ and provide around £80,000 for local ...

A man will appear in court tomorrow charged with attempted robber and possession of an intimidation firearm after an incident in Spalding town centre yesterday. Vaidotas Mecislauskas, aged 49, of Spalding Common is also charged with criminal damage after police were called to an incident at Nasza Biendronka store in Sheep Market, Spalding around 1.15pm yesterday (Thursday, September 29). A spokesman ...

Businesses in Pinchbeck’s Enterprise Way have been left dismayed at more delays to work surrounding the Spalding Western Relief Road. The road was initially only meant to close for six weeks in July and the closure of Spalding Road carried out after it was opened. Following delays the length of closure was then pushed back to October. Now Lincolnshire County ...