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New measures to promote cycling between Spalding and Pinchbeck are being proposed thanks to a government grant. Lincolnshire County Council has been given £1.8m by central government to fund the measures via its Active Travel Fund. Subject to feasibility, the money will be spent on improving facilities along both Spalding and Pinchbeck Road. The news comes as work began this ...

Months of roadworks during the work to build a roundabout for the first phase of the Spalding Western Relief Road are to begin on Monday (May 30). Lincolnshire County Council has announced the schedule for the work for a new roundabout around Pinchbeck/Spalding Road. Monday to Tuesday May 30 and 31 – Stop/Go boards on Spalding Road near its junction ...

A county councillor has urged people using Spalding tip to go on quieter days and to use it less for green waste in a bid to beat queues there. Daniel McNally, Lincolnshire County Council’s executive councillor for waste, made the comments after being asked about a new contract being drawn up in relation to the running of the West Marsh ...

Lincolnshire Police have launched an appeal following a brawl in a Spalding pub. An image has been released of a person the person says it wants to speak to following a report of a fight between two groups on Sunday, April 10. A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police, said: “We would like to speak to the man pictured in connection with ...

An empty listed building in the centre of Spalding is to be turned into flats. The former Geest Social Club on Spring Gardens, which was most recently a dance studio, is to be made into seven homes after planning approval was granted last night (Wednesday). Coun Jack Tyrrell said: “It’s a great building where I’ve spent many a time. It’s ...

Planning approval has been granted to turn Spalding’s ‘hideous’ former sorting office into flats, but concerns have been expressed it won’t be delivered. Some members of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee said they’d rather the building on The Crescent be demolished and replaced with a new building. But planners backed the bid to turn it into retail use on ...

Councillors have called for better government standards for housing while passing a new Surfleet estate and claiming more homes being built in South Holland will eventually lead to better provisions in the area. The remarks came as South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee passed Ashley King (Developments) Ltd’s plans for 48 new homes off Sunnydale Close in Surfleet. There were ...

Outline plans to build 185 homes in Holbeach have been given the thumbs up by planners. The application by Cicero Estates for land off Battlefields Lane South was introduced to South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee last night (Thursday) as an effective renewal of an 185 home application granted permission in January 2018. There were 68 public objections, including from ...

Spalding Swimming Club is among those to have complained about the chlorine levels at the Castle Sports Complex amid worries about staffing. Operator Parkwood say it’s looking to recruit more staff after concerns over the running of the site were raised at South Holland District Council’s Full Council meeting last week. Coun Angela Newton said: “It does appear to have ...

Workers will begin digging-up a Holbeach road for a four-week project to try and cure the problems of a sink hole. Boston Road South has been at the centre of investigation work since the latest hole appeared. The area from Holbeach Primary School to Cecil Pywell Avenue will be the first phase of the Anglian Water work and is expected ...

More environmentally friendly electricity powered bin lorries aren’t set to come to South Holland yet, but it’s something being looked into, a meeting heard. South Holland District Council, which officially signed off a climate change strategy with its partners in the South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership recently, is looking into how much it could cost to replace the fleet ...

The A16 at Crowland opened ahead of schedule last night (Sunday) after Thursday’s lorry fire melted the road. Lincolnshire County Council worked through the weekend to get the road repaired after the dramatic incident. A spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council said: “Expert road crews worked tirelessly to get the road back open after huge lorry fire that melted the road ...

Permission for more than 250 new homes in South Holland looks likely to be granted at a district council meeting next week. A number of applications are due to be discussed by members of the planning committee and, if the recommendations given are agreed, the new homes will be given the green light. They include 185 in Holbeach at Battlefields ...

‘Shoddy’ workmanship means the South Holland Centre will never be profitable, a councillor has claimed but others disagree and it was unanimously agreed it should still be supported. Coun Jack Tyrrell said it was a ‘bad building’ at a meeting to discuss the findings of a task group set up to examine the future of the Spalding arts venue. He’s ...

Concerns have been raised that money which could be kept in South Holland is being awarded to contractors outside the district. At a recent meeting of South Holland District Council’s Executive, it was revealed that a £7.2m project to make council homes in the area more energy efficient is to go to an outside contractor. And Coun Angela Newton used ...

An action group is to be set up in South Lincolnshire as part of a new Climate Change Strategy for the area. The South and East Lincolnshire Local Partnership of which South Holland District is a part, has officially signed off what it calls a Strategic Action Plan. It includes the setting up of a South and East Lincolnshire Climate ...

A new video has been launched as part of a bid to get more people into the care profession. Lincolnshire County Council’s It’s Not A Job campaign was launched earlier this year. The new emotive short film depicts a day in the life of two carers, Kai Wade (21) and Gina Bennett (45). A spokesman for the council said: “The ...

An update on the works to Boston Road South in Holbeach has been issued. Lincolnshire County Council says it has finished its investigations and “preparing a plan” for the road that’s been the subject of numerous collapses over the last two years. Anglian Water are continuing its investigations. A spokesman for Lincolnshire County Council said: “The council has now completed ...

Potential problems with a restaurant working out of the South Holland Centre should have been ‘red flagged,’ according to a report. Members of a task force established to take a close look at the centre had a ‘disappointing shock’ to accidentally discover the sudden closure of the Italian restaurant. Members of the panel said that senior offices ‘appeared to not ...

Contents of a damning report into Spalding’s South Holland Centre proved to be no surprise to many of the district’s residents. The report presented to members of South Holland District Council this week outlined key areas for improvement. A task group created a list of areas which, it said, needed overhauling to make the centre more cost-effective and a greater ...