Council

A campaigner trying to get bollards repaired and lighting at a site of recent crashes said the county council Highways department should be “ashamed” of its approach. Rodney Sadd, of Carrington Road, Spalding, started the campaign to improve lighting at the B1172 junction to Spalding Common more than 20 years ago. Mr Sadd revived the campaign after two bollards were ...

South Holland District Council will be able to claim back up to just under £130,000 of how much it costs the authority to fund polling stations and the local count for Thursday’s European Elections. There are 62 polling stations open, 14 more than in the district council election earlier this month. This is due to four of the wards in ...

South Holland District Council (SHDC) is being recommended not to raise objections to the planning applications for the first two sections of the Spalding Western Relief Road. Lincolnshire County Council’s planning committee will decide on whether the most northerly and southern sections of the proposed single carriageway road are given the go-ahead. But SHDC could object to it and its ...

The current planning applications for the first two sections of the Spalding Western Relief Road could be decided by central government after South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes urged they be ‘called in’. He’s written to Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove, asking his government department decides on whether the two sections ...

Lincolnshire County Council has spent nearly £5,000 on a letter written by Queen Victoria to Lincolnshire poet Alfred Tennyson. The letter was auctioned in New York last month by Swann Auction Galleries. The Swann Auction website details the sale, stating that the final price paid for the letter with buyer’s premium was $5,750 (£4,368). The letter was estimated to sell ...

Calls have been made for changes to an A16 junction south of Crowland that campaigners say has led to motorists speeding in Crowland itself. The campaigners, including Angela Harrison, say that drivers are using James Road in the town “to race the slower moving vehicles on the A16 and gain priority at the next roundabout.” “At peak times it is ...

A Crowland man was handed a Criminal Behaviour Order last week after being found guilty of numerous breaches of a Community Protection Notice in the town. South Holland District Council applied for the Order against Peter Woods following a string of reports about him causing harassment, alarm and distress to members of the public in Crowland, ignoring several formal warnings from ...

The Green Party enjoyed a better showing in South Holland than previously but they fell narrowly short in a bid to land a first councillor in the area. Alistair Crisp caused plenty of concern for Conservative Gary Taylor but he took the result with 289 votes to 233. Alistair was one of three members of the Crisp family who stood ...

There will be four more independent candidates including South Holland’s first councillor from an Asian background. Manzur Hasan, the owner of Indus restaurant in town, polled first in the Spalding St John’s Ward, edging Jack McLean into second place for the two seats. He said: “First off I’m not really a political person. I’ve been running a business in town ...

It’s been a long night of ties and recounts, but at just before 5am, the final result was announced and the Conservatives have kept their majority in South Holland District Council but lost four seats, with Independent candidates making gains. The Conservatives now have 24 seats, with 13 Independent candidates holding power. To see how it played out and read ...

The place to register births, deaths and marriages in Spalding could move to the Priory Road council offices. The Registration Office is currently located at Bath Lane opposite the River Welland. Since October its future location has been uncertain with couples looking to arrange a civil partnership or marriage being unable to book ceremonies. But Lincolnshire County Council has now ...

Bourne Road residents who faced the prospect of having their homes demolished say they’re not celebrating just yet after Lincolnshire County Council announced it would look again at options as to where part of the controversial Spalding Western Relief Road will go. The authority announced a re-think on the route of the central section of the road, which could lead ...

A planning application has been submitted in the hope of setting up a drive-thru branch of coffee chain Starbucks in Long Sutton. The proposed plans detail a Starbucks coffee shop and restaurant outlet with a drive-thru area. The Main Road Filling Station on Wisbech Road at Long Sutton is the proposed location and will offer parking for 12 cars and ...

South Holland District Council has successfully prosecuted two more proven fly-tippers, continuing its campaign to tackle the tippers in the district. Earlier this month, Shaun Harvey, of Kinderly Road, Wisbech, admitted fly tipping. He dumped a large load of tree cuttings in West Road South, Gedney Hill and was seen by a local resident. After pleading guilty to the offence ...

The Conservative Party is guaranteed 13 seats in next month’s local election and need to win just six more to regain control of South Holland District Council after the nominated candidates were announced last week. The District Council election takes place on Thursday, May 2, and sees 69 candidates vying for 37 seats with a party needing 19 seats to ...

Two petitions have been launched calling for speeding measures to be brought in on Spalding roads. The separate petitions on www.change.org have been launched by Jack McLean calling for a speed camera to be placed on Winsover Road/Bourne Road and “traffic calming build-outs” to be installed in Pennygate. The Winsover Road petition states over the possibility of installing a speed ...

South Holland and the Deepings MP Sir John Hayes has criticised the amount and quality of new housing in the area – but the chair of the local planning committee has hit back saying planners are carrying out government policy. Sir John was speaking at a recent meeting of the Spalding and Pinchbeck Against Relief Road group and mentioned the ...

The 69 candidates for the 2019 district council elections for South Holland have been announced. The election takes place on Thursday, May 2. In total the prospective candidates number 35 Conservatives (Con), 20 Independents (Ind), nine Green Party (Green), two Labour (Lab), two UKIP and one Liberal Democrat (LD). There’s also parish council but only one in South Holland Pinchbeck, ...

Lincolnshire County Council is looking to reduce its annual £10.7m energy bill with a new carbon management plan. The plan, which runs to 2023, will cover a range of issues from using solar panels on council buildings to encouraging car sharing and aiming for a paperless office. The details were put before members of the council’s executive on Tuesday and ...