Council

Planning inspectors say only one of these two new fences on opposite sides of the road is acceptable. Neighbours in Spalding’s Osier Road and Rutland Close both had to apply for retrospective planning permission after a tip-off to South Holland District Council – and both subsequently appealed the refusal decisions. The independent planning inspectorate then came to different decisions on ...

South Holland District Council is losing patience over the former Bull and Monkie site in Spalding – and is ready to force its sale. The prominent plot in Churchgate was tidied up by the council in 2014 but offshore owner Crispen Holdings Ltd has never settled the £13,000 bill. The council is thought to be keen on developing the site ...

Some of South Holland’s largest empty and run-down properties could carry on deteriorating for many more years, it has been warned. We reported earlier this month (July) that Spalding’s Old Johnson Hospital and former Royal Mail sorting office are both owned by offshore company Dyden Ltd. It has emerged that the firm owns other decaying property. Several years ago it ...

A small group of people who have driven through the delivery of a controversial leisure marina at Sutton Bridge are delighted to see the project finally realised. Cross Keys Marina hit funding stumbling blocks and objections but, finally, what started out as a millennium project has come to fruition. However, one regret for Nene Marina CIC (Community Interest Company) is ...

by Peter Start – Secretary of Friends of Speyer peter.start@btinternet.com At the invitation of the Oberbergermeister of Speyer (Hansjorg Eger), a delegation of 23 Spalding people set out on July 6 to travel to Speyer specifically to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the town twinning partnership. The party was led by Coun Angela Newton (chairman of the Friends of Speyer) and ...

A fresh premises licence application has been submitted for a new supermarket in Spalding. Frahang Amin Mohammed wants permission to sell alcohol at Mini Poli in Winsover Road from 10am to 9.30pm seven days a week. The last application for the premises – formerly China City Restaurant – was thrown out by South Holland District Council’s panel of the licensing ...

Hard-working volunteers are hoping that enough has been done to be named best large town in East Midlands In Bloom this year. After winning a gold award in 2015, but being pipped into third place by Belper and Market Harborough, hopes are high among Spalding In Bloom committee members for an even better outcome. Chairman and South Holland district councillor ...

The final chance for South Holland residents to have a say on preferred sites for development over the next 20 years is happening now. A new Local Plan is being prepared for South East Lincolnshire (the areas of Boston Borough Council and South Holland District Council) to guide the development and use of land in the area. A second public ...

South Holland District Council officers have been forced to alter a proposal to close a car park entrance – following opposition from councillors and residents, and advice from other bodies. The council will now do a trial closure of the Boston Road South entrance to Boston Road car park. It was to be the Park Road entrance. A council spokesman ...

These two buildings in Spalding town centre are of contrasting construction and history. But they have common ground – both are dreadful eyesores owned by the same company. The listed Old Johnson Hospital in Priory Road is a decaying, unsightly mess. Its facade of broken windows and overgrown greenery gives no hint as to the joy part of the building ...

Householders in South Holland’s garden waste collection scheme are “paying over the odds”, it has been claimed. New research says the South Holland scheme is the second most expensive of 19 local authorities in the East Midlands. At £49 per year, only East Northamptonshire Council is dearer at £51.50. The annual subscription is 51 per cent more than the East ...

South Holland District Council is considering new ways of running its three prized assets in Spalding. Fresh business cases are being considered for Ayscoughfee Hall Museum and Gardens, the South Holland Centre and the council’s offices in Priory Road. Deputy council leader Nick Worth said: “We’re looking at these three sites because they are the most costly to the taxpayer. ...

A Holbeach resident has been handed a court bill for £362.37 for not disposing of waste correctly. South Holland District Council brought the prosecution against Peter John McManamon after enforcement officers investigating a large fly-tip at Gedney Hill linked it to him. He had paid an unknown person to remove and dispose of waste items. The council said on Wednesday (July 6): “Even ...

The latest blockbuster films could be screened in Spalding at the same time as in cinemas under a cost reduction proposal for the South Holland Centre. Extra cinema screens is one of the possible benefits from South Holland District Council’s plan to bring in a “high quality operator” under a lease agreement. It would mean residents not having to travel ...

A repeat offender off-licence in Spalding has been caught selling the type of fake cigarettes linked to fatal house fires. Police and Trading Standards officers raided Baltic in Winsover Road and seized 2,340 cigarettes. Among the haul including non-duty paid and counterfeit goods were packets of fake Pect. Cigarettes of this type have been linked to a number of house ...

A Pinchbeck businessman who was the subject of a complaint over “noisy quad bikes” has denied creating a rude retort in a field of his. The four-letter obscenity is with an arrow pointing towards neighbouring homes. The field is part of Anglia (UK) Ltd’s site in Mill Green Road. Neighbour Carol Weston claims managing director Mark Scotney and his friends ...

A man who has lived at the same Holbeach Drove address for 40 years was furious at being denied the chance to vote in the EU referendum. Michael Lawson was stunned to discover that he was not on the electoral register when he arrived at the polling station. Two other members of his family in Holbeach Drove Gate were also ...

Lincolnshire County Council is considering charging schools for some of the services it provides. A raft of new and established support services would be chargeable if the proposal goes ahead. Among the expected benefits are growth in the number of schools and academies aware of and accessing services, an increase of funding into the council and reduction of adminstration and ...

A business left devastated following the award of a poor food hygiene rating has quickly turned things around and attained the highest rating. Wimberley Hall Farm Shop and Café was given a rating of 1 in March following a routine inspection by South Holland District Council food health and safety officers. The issues requiring “significant improvement” were resolved within three ...

The chairman of the UK Independence Party’s South Holland and The Deepings branch says he was “lost for words” after the stunning victory for Leave in the EU referendum. Coun Paul Foyster, also a district and parish councillor for Holbeach, said once the shockwaves throughout Britain had died down a little, the people can look forward to being a “free ...