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Planning applications have been submitted for a total of 135 homes on two sites, in Holbeach and Gosberton. A development of 55 new homes is proposed on farm land behind 50 Fleet Road, Holbeach, which would be demolished to create access. An outline planning application submitted to South Holland district Council by the owner of the house, Mr T Morriss, said: ...

Businesses canvassed about a proposal for Spalding to become a Business Improvement District (BID) have demonstrated a “clear appetite”. A survey was commissioned to gauge interest in a defined area paying a levy, based on a premises’ rateable value. A BID – last mooted and rejected in 2009 – would employ a town centre manager and support events. News of ...

Housing developments on the downtrodden Red Cow Hotel site in Donington and in Peterborough Road, Crowland, are poised for planning consent tonight (Wednesday, Nov 30). Market Homes proposed 31 new homes on the derelict Red Cow Hotel site, which has been closed for around 15 years, and to demolish the tap bar. The listed coach house would be converted into ...

Plans for a prototype house capable of being lifted on mechanical stilts to escape flooding are expected to gain planning permission tonight (Wednesday, Nov 30). Larkfleet Homes applied to build the experimental three-bedroom detached house on land associated with Ashgrove Lodge, in Austendyke Road, Weston Hills. Following the end of the five-year temporary permission the modular property could be dismantled ...

Lord Porter of Spalding is calling for further investment into pancreatic cancer research. He is also urging people to know the symptoms of the disease. It follows a reception at Westminster hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for pancreatic cancer, attended by Lord Porter, who is leader of South Holland District Council. He learned that around 665 people in the ...

Views are being sought by South Holland District Council on plans to revise the current Council Tax Support scheme. The authority has launched a short survey which will only take around ten minutes to complete, asking for opinions on plans to alter the scheme, which will be introduced in April 2017. Of the 3,511 residents currently eligible for reductions in ...

South Holland District Council’s portfolio holder for business growth has praised the two recipients of council-sponsored accolades in South Holland Business Awards 2016. The council sponsored the Business Person of the Year award for the second year running, which was won by David Ball, of Neame Lea Nurseries. It also handed out a special Lifetime Achievement Award to Ann Savage, group technical director ...

Lincolnshire County Council has today (Monday) been awarded £2.5m to fix an estimated 46,800 potholes. The cash is extra government funding from its Pothole Fund for 2017/18. It will be in addition to the £27.6m the county council is set to receive for general road maintenance next year. Coun Richard Davies, executive member for highways, said: “We know that good ...

By Coun Gary Porter Leader of South Holland District Council I usually enjoy writing for The Voice, but it is with a certain amount of sadness that I am penning this piece on devolution. As regular readers will know, along with seven other councils, South Holland signed up to the Greater Lincolnshire bid to be able to bring our residents greater ...

Lincolnshire county and South Holland district councillor Nick Worth is backing a charity raising awareness of the dangers of counterfeits in the run-up to Christmas. Research by Electrical Safety First found that one in six consumers in the UK have bought a fake electrical item as a Christmas gift – and many people are unable to identify a genuine electrical ...

Up to 20 new jobs will be created under a 24-hour opening plan at McDonald’s, Spalding. The firm has asked South Holland District Council for confirmation its plan to open round-the-clock is lawful under its current planning permission, as previously reported in The Voice. A McDonald’s spokesperson said: “We can confirm that we have applied for a premises licence to ...

South Holland District Council is changing the way it distributes green recycling sacks. From January 16, 2017, no additional sacks will be available to pick up across the district – all available stock will be delivered, equating to homes receiving 50 per cent more. The move follows a public survey in which 73 per cent of respondents said they would like ...

Police are hoping the revocation of a premises licence at a Spalding business will act as a deterrent to others. A panel of South Holland District Council’s committee of the licensing authority made the decision about Super Sam, of Commercial Road, last Thursday. A five-hour long hearing saw CCTV footage of staff at the off licence make numerous sales of ...

The winner of a competition which involved suggesting play areas to be signed up to South Holland District Council’s smokefree code has been presented with her prize. Diane Voss, of Holbeach St Marks, won the Medion tablet, supplied by the Spalding branch of Hughes. The competition, run in The Voice, invited readers to spot the council’s Big Cig mascot in ...

Thousands of people could see a reduction in the amount of support they get to pay their council tax. Proposals put before South Holland District Council’s cabinet on Tuesday would generate a total of £203,777. A report said of 3,511 people currently eligible for reductions in their bill, the vast majority are likely to see a reduction in support of ...

A group campaigning against a farm’s wish to build an anaerobic digester plant remains unhappy despite amended plans designed to reduce its visual impact. Keep Tongue End Clean is opposed to Deeping St Nicholas firm WD Branton’s planning application for the land south of Counter Drain Drove in Tongue End. The plant uses feedstock – in this case 43,250 tonnes ...

More powers to fine people for spitting, dropping litter or cycling on the pavement in Spalding town centre could soon be in place. The move was discussed as part of a proposal to replace and extend existing powers to deal with anti-social street drinking. South Holland’s cabinet agreed on Tuesday to replace the current Designated Public Place Order (DPPO) with ...

Improvements to the running of Spalding swimming pool are already evident, South Holland District Council’s cabinet was told on Tuesday.(Nov 8) A task group of councillors which looked into complaints from the public on hygiene and the pools’ water temperature being too cold was reporting its findings and recommendations. The council contracts 1Life to run the Castle Sports Complex. Task group ...

A car dealership site could have 48 homes built on it. Kaplan Property Group has submitted the plans for the EMG Motors site in St John’s Road, Spalding. EMG has already got approval from South Holland District Council to move its service centre to Wardentree Lane, Pinchbeck and has applied for permission for a new showroom in Elsoms Way. The ...

A new pot of money has been made available to accelerate new investment opportunities and increase economic activity across Greater Lincolnshire. The Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership has announced the launch of a new Feasibility Fund worth £160,000. Businesses and organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors can apply for grant funding of up to £50,000 towards detailed feasibility ...