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Holbeach Parish Council is looking at the possibility of moving out of its Coubro Chambers base, a meeting has been told. Coun Sophie Hutchinson brought up the matter at recent meeting of the authority.However she was told by clerk Jan Hearsey that the matter was ‘confidential’.Coun Hutchinson responded that it wasn’t confidential but the matter was not discussed further.When The ...

The man appointed to oversee where £20m a year of government funding goes for Spalding has said it will be spent ‘wisely’ and for the ‘maximum benefit’. Robin Hancox will chair the new board being formed to spend the money being given to the town as one of 55 in the country identified as being ‘left behind’.Robin says he was ...

There is hope that hanging baskets will be in place in Spalding this summer after several councillors canvassed businesses at the weekend. Members of the Spalding Town Forum went around town encouraging firms to take the blooms offered on the proviso they water them.As reported previously, concerns had been expressed about them not being in place this year due to ...

Climate change and alterations to river catchment areas will all be considered within an Environment Agency project for South Holland The scheme will be developed over the next three years, and is being led by the Environment Agency.The Cowbit and Crowland Washes haven’t been fully utilised because the Welland system has been significantly changed since their construction.A major upgrade was ...

A £7,500 digital media board that’s costing Holbeach Parish Council hundreds of pounds a year is at the centre of an argument about who owns it. Purchased via the Welcome Back Fund, parish councillors say they did not know they would have to pay £785 business rates a year on the machine which was installed in spring 2022.A meeting of ...

Residents of a property in Whaplode took matters into their own hands after their road flooded and water threatened their property. Despite calling Lincolnshire County Council to report the problem, there was no help on the horizon following the flood at Stockwell Gate West.The rising water threatened to spread to the garden of the home of Richard Hicks and his ...

An application to repair Ye Olde White Horse pub in Spalding has been submitted. The pub has been closed for several years and was damaged after it was hit by a car recently.The application to alter a Listed Building has been submitted to South Holland District Council to make the repairs.At a recent meeting of the council, leader Nick Worth ...

A dad of three says he warned the council about the state of his property before his kitchen ceiling came in on him and his ten-year-old son. Ian Miller moved into the council owned property on Holbeach, last June.“I’ve been telling the council ever since I’ve moved in about the state of it, and the damp and mould,” said Mr ...

The man behind the Spalding Flower Parade has said he is looking to step in to help bring blooms to the town in time for this year’s event. As previously reported, there’s no funding for the floral displays that previously were covered by the Spalding In Bloom project.Last year Coun Rob Gibson was able to secure some funding from the ...

A town and district councillor has criticised the way £250,000 is being spent in Holbeach. In October 2019 South Holland District Council announced a three-year plan for spending £500,000 on improvements in both Spalding and Holbeach.Coun Sophie Hutchinson asked for a full breakdown of how it was allocated in Holbeach.The money spent over three years includes £30,500 on the town’s ...

The man behind a closing transport group has warned that people should use Spalding Station or face losing that too. George Scott, the chair and founder of the Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum for the last 24 years, says he’s closing it due to a lack of interest.And he’s warned the station could also be lost with footfall down, something ...

A pressure group set up to gain more funding for councils like South Holland that have to give part of its council tax to drainage boards has held an event in Westminster. Members of the Local Government Association Special Interest Group for Internal Drainage Board Levies stressed the urgent need for funding reform to government ministers and MPs at a ...

A campaign group has been set up to oppose plans for a new electric pylon and cables route that’s proposed to go through South Holland. No Pylons Lincolnshire says it has gathered 2,000 supporters in just a few days after launching on Facebook.There’s been opposition to National Grid’s plan to create a new 87-mile connection between Grimsby and Walpole.The company ...

The community lottery has raised more than £34,000 over the course of a year and supported 83 local good causes. The South and East Lincolnshire Community Lottery launched in November 2022 and since then £34,756.80 has been distributed.The first draw was on November 26, 2022 and 818 tickets were sold with 69 good causes registered.Some 60 per cent of the ...

A warning for people to not put batteries and electricals in general waste has been issued after a fire closed Spalding tip on Monday. Lincolnshire County Council say the Spalding Waste Recycling Centre on West Marsh Road was closed for around three hours earlier this week. Crews from Spalding and Boston fire stations attended the blaze shortly after 11am, which ...

There have been calls for the maximum £5,000 fine to be given out following a recent increase in graffiti around Spalding. Councillors have said that ‘tagging’ has been blighting the area including wrecking the council-sanctioned displays such as on the town’s skate park and the former Weston’s Farm Supplies building.Coun Gary Taylor told last week’s meeting of the Spalding Town ...

Those looking to improve Spalding Bus Station have been told a new crossing could cost ‘between £150,000 and £200,000. Resident David Jones has led the calls to make it more welcoming and he told a meeting of Spalding Town Forum last week that he was pleased a number of improvements have been made.But a request to put a crossing in ...

A bid to build homes on a site in Quadring has been refused for a second time. Seagate Homes had looked to put 29 dwellings on the site off St Margaret’s. Outline permission was granted for the land before but had lapsed, a meeting of South Holland District Council’s Planning Committee was told. That permission was only granted on the ...

Developers looking to build in the west of Spalding must provide money for the town’s proposed relief road, the district’s planning chair said as permission was granted for 70 homes on the former Ivanda Nurseries Seagate Homes has been told it can build the homes on the derelict land off Monks House Lane. The application includes a condition that Section ...

Planners have unanimously rejected a bid to build a large solar farm at Holbeach Bank. Officers had recommended South Holland District Council Planning Committee pass AUK Energy’s application for 80 hectares (197 acres) of ground-mounted solar panels and related infrastructure. But there were 55 objections from members of the public. Ward councillor and leader of the council Nick Worth criticised ...