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South Holland District Council has brought another successful prosecution after tracing a fly-tipper. Crowland resident Brandon Campbell has landed a court bill of more than £1,000. He paid to have a number of items taken from his home in Thorney Road, in October 2015. However, he didn’t get any details of the person who took them or check whether they had ...

The new £900,000 marina at Sutton Bridge is ready to be showcased to people wanting a mooring. Cross Keys Marina – due to open early next year – has both leisure and commercial moorings. Up to 20 leisure boats will be catered for alongside commercial moorings which will be used by the Nene navigation pilot boat and Eastern IFCA (a ...

More than 1,700 households are waiting to join South Holland District Council’s garden waste collection service. The two-year trial began in April this year and capacity was reached within three months, with all 2,670 of the 25-litre brown bins issued. Councillors will shortly be asked to consider a business case for extending the scheme, which currently operates with just one ...

Plans to transform Spalding’s former courthouse into a home have been put forward. Oliver Sneath, of Glenside North, Pinchbeck, and girlfriend Dorota Szafalowicz hope to buy the landmark building and live there. Mr Sneath said: “It’s an iconic landmark building and more than anything we thought it would be a shame for it to be misused, demolished in any way ...

A measure being considered for South Holland which would allow the restriction of new alcohol sales licences may not be workable, but other action continues. That is the message from Sgt Kim Enderby, of Lincolnshire Police’s alcohol licensing team, ahead of a district council licensing committee meeting on Tuesday (Oct 18), at which it will consider for a second time ...

Police have expressed concerns over an application for a premises licence in Spalding, due to be heard on Friday (Oct 14). Zarid Limalia (19) has made an application to create an off-licence, VIP Alcohol, in the Winsover Road shop he currently runs as Global Image hair salon – next to Aldi. A representation from Lincolnshire Police to a panel of South ...

Three out of ten councils have now voted in favour of the creation of Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority. The ten local councils that operate in the area the new authority will cover need to agree if it is to go ahead, with each due to vote this month. South Holland District Council leader Gary Porter is a big supporter of ...

Planning permission for 45 homes in Weston has been granted following an appeal by the developer over South Holland District Council’s failure to make a timely decision. After the appeal had been lodged by Larkfleet Homes, the council said it would have refused permission for the Small Drove plan on the grounds of a lack of public open space (less than ...

The former Jewson site in Spalding’s Roman Bank is earmarked for a care home and apartments for over-55s. The 88-bed care home would front the River Welland, next to two blocks of a total of 30 apartments. The plan by Millhouse Group has shops, including a hairdresser’s, internal and external dining space and a water taxi berth with stair and ...

Councillors have refused permission for the development of up to 100 homes next to businesses including Crowland Cranes. South Holland’s planning committee said it had insufficient information “to enable a clear conclusion to be drawn on the acceptability of residential development being permitted in such close proximity to the existing businesses and vacant allocated employment land directly to the west ...

Suspected illegal goods were seized at half of the Spalding shops and off-licences visited during multi-agency raids on Tuesday (Sep 28). Several thousand cigarettes were removed from five premises for examination. As criminal proceedings are under way, The Voice is not naming which shops are suspected of wrongdoing at this stage. However, we can confirm that some of the premises ...

by Coun Roger Gambba-Jones South Holland District Council portfolio holder for place The Bull and Monkie site in Spalding continues to be a plague on our house so to speak. Rather than chasing the owners to act responsibly time and time again, we are now looking at other options. The owners owe the council – and therefore local taxpayers – ...

An eight-hectare nursery in Pinchbeck is the subject of a planning application for 200 homes. Nursery Fresh Plants operates from the site in Mill Green Road. Northampton firm AMJ Construction Ltd is seeking outline planning permission for the development. A design and access statement with South Holland District Council says: “Having regard to the location of the site, the majority ...

Lincolnshire County Council’s CallConnect bus service is offering travel all day on Saturday (Oct 1) for £1 to celebrate Lincolnshire Day. The service is offering special £1 tickets for one-way journeys on pre-booked CallConnect services throughout the county. This is the latest initiative from the nationally-acclaimed service, which operates a network of demand-responsive buses covering the whole of rural Lincolnshire. ...

A council video promoting Lincolnshire as the “perfect place to live, work, visit and invest” does not feature South Holland. Lincolnshire County Council has been criticised by one of its own cabinet members for the omission. Holbeach councillor Nick Worth – executive member for culture – said he was even unaware that the video had been commissioned before it appeared ...

A fly-tipper who dumped a sofa and a chair by the side of a road has landed a £1,000 court bill. Adrian Fox, of St John’s Road in Spalding, dumped the items in Welland High Bank near Crowland on June 27. However, a letter had been left inside the sofa which resulted in officers from South Holland District Council tracing ...

South Lincolnshire Veterinary Group is looking to open its third clinic. Planning permission is being sought from South Holland District Council for a change of use of the former Realtime Business Services premises in Church Street, Pinchbeck, which the vet group has bought. Group manager Emma Walker said five new members of staff would be required and the hope was ...

Planning officers have recommended permission is granted for a 100-home development in Crowland, despite councillor concerns. A contribution of £44,000 towards healthcare provision and a total of £15,000 towards local bus service provision are proposed conditions. And at least a third of the homes will have to be affordable. South Holland’s planning committee previously deferred a decision on the Wheatley ...

A proposed children’s play area in Gedney Dyke has reverted to a site previously rejected. It now seems likely that the equipment – a slide, two swings, a see-saw and a bench seat – will be sited on the village green. It comes after hopes of using the current village hall car park fell through. Gedney Parish Council told the village ...

A Holbeach business using the pavement to display items for sale described by some as “junk” can continue doing so, says Lincolnshire County Council. Town district councillor Francis Biggadike is among residents disgusted with the look of The Chequers Hotel frontage in High Street. He said he went to speak to the person responsible for the goods following complaints from ...