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A tender has gone out for an ‘enviro-crime’ team to tackle the likes of fly-tipping in the district. It was revealed in March that the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership, of which South Holland District Council is a member, was hoping to roll out such a team before summer. South Holland made no prosecutions against fly-tippers in the 20/21 ...

A woman who has raised more than £26,000 for charity by selling items from her Holbeach home has been recommended to be given a ‘certificate of lawfulness’ to continue. Ann Gregory was left stunned when told she received a letter saying she needed planning permission to continue selling bric-a-brac with all proceeds going to Jerry Green Dog Rescue from her ...

A 20-year-old man charged following an alleged stabbing in Holbeach’s High Street has today (Tuesday) appeared at Lincoln Crown Court. Joshua Marshall, of High Street, Holbeach, was charged following an incident in the town centre during the early hours of Sunday August 28. A man, who was aged in his 20s, was taken to Boston Pilgrim Hospital with serious injuries ...

Details have been released on the overnight closure of Spalding Road in Pinchbeck as relief road works continue. Night-time closures will be in place from 7pm to 6am, weekday evenings only, starting on Monday October 17 for four weeks. Outside of the evening closures, two-way traffic management will be in place to allow Spalding Road to remain open. The work ...

A historic World War Two pillbox situated on a Spalding estate is set to get a new lease of life thanks to a history buff and local company. The historic relic on the corner of Buttercup Close and Lavender Way is thought to be one of only a handful of its kind in the UK. It’s been derelict for a ...

A man looking to run a new shop in Spalding has been denied an operating licence. Bakhtiar Mohamed Amin applied for the premises licence at 13 Winsover Road, which most recently was a Portuguese themed cafe but has since reopened as a shop. He appeared before South Holland District Council’s Licensing Panel last week, who rejected his application. It follows ...

There’s big plans for Holbeach with a decision to purchase a town centre eyesore made this week while Aldi has launched a consultation on bringing a new store to the town. Deputy leader at South Holland District Council, Nick Worth, agreed to a move of the ‘strategic purchase’ of a disused and run down building in Park Road. Meanwhile discount ...

New high-tech CCTV cameras in are due to installed in Spalding in 18 key spots this week. It follows South Holland District Council’s successful bid for Central Government’s Safer Streets Funding earlier this year. With the whole project due to cost £400,000, the pre-existing CCTV cameras will be replaced by new high-tech versions which use innovative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. ...

A Spalding man who was caught out selling stolen goods online told a friend: “I’m in sh**, big time.” Tools worth £4,000 were stolen in a raid on Norfolk Timber Frames in King’s Lynn in November 2020and soon offered for sale on Facebook. Some of them were rare and carried the business’s name – which was clearly showing in the ...

A Spalding artist will be taking his talent elsewhere after being told his latest piece is ‘against policy.’ Graffiti art specialist Karl Barfoot said he was welcome in other places, including Peterborough, and would be producing his art elsewhere. Having spent around £100 on paint and a good many hours on the piece at the back of the Castle Sports ...

Charges have been brought against a motorist – more than four months after a hit and run incident injured two pedestrians in Spalding. A car collided with Spalding man Jordan Blackbourn (22) and a female friend, also in her 20s, onSunday, May 1. It happened as they crossed New Road at 4.41am. Lincolnshire Police immediately appealed for information and later ...

Spalding Power Station could be set to home a Battery Energy Storage System, claimed to be the largest in the world. South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee unanimously passed the outline planning application by Spalding Energy Park Ltd last week for the batteries and associated infrastructure. The unmanned system would have a capacity of up to 550megawatts, would connect to ...

A developer faces prosecution for building a number of homes in the wrong place, but it has been allowed to keep them there. Seven dwellings have been built different to the plans Ashwood Homes had passed for its Parish Mews site in Crowland. One bungalow, South Holland District Council planning officers claim, was built “very close” to a protected ash ...

A pub owner has been given the green light to down the establishment and replace it with homes. The outline permission to demolish the Duke Of York in Gosberton Risegate came back before South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee after its owners were asked to provide more evidence it was not viable to keep running. Lucy Stevens, the daughter of ...

A bid to build a three bedroom house on garages in a small Holbeach road has been passed despite objections. Residents had expressed concerns that Chancery Lane was already the scene of traffic problems due to parking on the road and argued that and the additional home along with the loss of garages would make it significantly worse. However South ...

A Donington farmer has been granted permission to build a huge chicken farm to house hundreds of thousands of birds. Northorpe Farm, off Gibbet Fen Road, is to build six poultry buildings housing a total of up to 330,000 birds at any one time. While previously the farm had specialised in crop farming, documents submitted with the planning application states ...

The first Derelict and Untidy Sites Policy has been drafted for South Holland District Council. The document, to go before members of the council’s cabinet next week, covers guidance and examples of legislation to help the problem.“The recommended policy is founded on having an informative, meaningful, consistent and flexible approach to deal with derelict and untidy sites to complement traditional ...

A new shop in a South Lincolnshire village will be able to sell alcohol after being granted permission. Members of the district council’s licensing committee met on Monday to discuss the application by Pinchbeck Stores.The former Paul Hammond and Sons building in Church Street was successful in the application.The shop will need to have CCTV and staff will have to ...

Lincolnshire County Council says it’s putting in £262,200 to keep a Spalding bus service running. The Spalding Into Town service is set to be run by Black Cat Travel and includes an expanded timetable to include Holland Park, Johnson Hospital and Springfields.Previous operator Brylaine told The Voice in July it was ‘stepping back’ from the service after stopping running the ...

A Holbeach restaurant has lost its alcohol licence after a hearing at South Holland District Council on Tuesday. The Chameli Indian Tandoori was employing staff who were not permitted to work in this country.“The designated premises supervisor in his own words, held his hands up,” says the decision record of the licensing committee.“Employing illegal workers is not a victimless crime ...