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The fight for a proper pedestrian crossing on the A17 at Holbeach is continuing. Campaigner Paula Hayes, who has collected more than 760 signatures on petitions calling for improvements at Boston Road roundabout, was disappointed to see no provision for pedestrians in the approved planning application for £5m alterations at nearby Peppermint Junction. Dropped kerbs indicate a crossing point for the ...

A proposed outdoor performance area for Ayscoughfee Gardens could be “Lamborghini” quality with Lottery funding support, Spalding Town Forum has been told. The current controversial design – which some say is not suitable for purpose, partly because user groups were not consulted – has been put on hold while the possibility of extra funding is explored. More than two years ...

Opening hours at Spalding tip in West Marsh Road will not be changed for the foreseeable future. But a Saturday supplementary service operated at six sites across the district is ending next Thursday. Lincolnshire County Council has held a review of its Household Waste Recycling Centres as part of budget cuts, resulting in the closure of facilities at Leadenham and ...

An empty property in Spalding could be brought back into use as a Baltic-themed bar and restaurant, creating about five jobs. Lithuanian business partners Laura Norvaisaite and Mingele Petruliene have applied for a premises licence for 25 Station Street. The friends, who run Lithuanian food market Lietuviškas skonis in Holbeach Road, have agreed an eight-year lease on the Station Street ...

Up to 3,000 street lights could be switched off across Lincolnshire in a bid to save £1.7million. A further 38,000 lights, mainly in residential areas, could be turned off after midnight as Lincolnshire County Council attempts to find £41million of savings in the 2016/17 financial year. Further savings will be made by changing 17,000 of the county’s total 68,000 lights ...

An urgent appeal has been issued for a small parcel of land in Gedney Dyke for a children’s play area. It follows a Gedney Parish Council meeting last week when a proposal not to place it on a green near the war memorial was carried 5-2 in a vote, with one abstention. The council will now investigate alternative options, but ...

Work on a £5million improvement scheme at a dangerous Holbeach junction could start next spring. Plans for a roundabout at the A17/A151 Peppermint junction have been given planning permission by Lincolnshire County Council. The junction has gained a reputation as an accident hotspot as a result of 22 collisions resulting in injury over the past 10 years. It is hoped the ...

A new Lincolnshire “super-council” could bring 29,000 jobs, 100,000 new homes and boost the area’s economy by £8billion, it has been claimed. South Holland District Council will be one of ten local authorities in Greater Lincolnshire which will form a combined authority after a devolution deal was agreed with the Government. Although they will continue to exist in their current ...

Pictured are the principle highways changes being considered to improve traffic flow in Spalding.     Lincolnshire County Council highways officers are working to see which scenario works best in conjunction with changes to the traffic signals. Lights at the Winfrey Avenue junction with Kings Road and Swan Street junction with Station Approach are coming to the end of their life ...

A fourth planning application for Weston has taken the total number of proposed homes to 242 – potentially increasing the village’s total by about one third. Residents have formed a group to raise concerns and ward district councillor Andrew Woolf insists that Weston needs more services to go hand in hand with the developments. He said: “I’m not against good ...

The amount of green open space belonging to South Holland District Council has increased dramatically with the £302,000 purchase of Moulton Park. The 23 acres of land, just off High Road, sold for £52,000 above the guide price. Ward district councillor and cabinet member Anthony Casson says residents from across the district can look forward to “first-class recreational facilities”. While ...

More than 400 households across South Holland have signed up for a trial garden waste collection scheme, launching on Monday, April 4. The council-run scheme costs £49 per year plus a one-off fee of £15 to cover delivery and lease of the bins. On Monday (March 14), the council had 427 households involved. A council spokesman said: “This is in ...

In 2014, three brown piglets helped artist Dina Perejogina win the public vote at South Holland Open Arts contest – and this year it’s a brown bull. Dina’s painting Head Strong has led to her becoming the first artist to win the coveted trophy twice, following a poll at the exhibition in the South Holland Centre. Dina, of Spalding, said: “I ...

Hundreds of tonnes of fly-tipped rubbish have been cleared thanks to an ongoing multi-agency project utilising prisoners. Operation Fly Swat has dealt with more than 5,000 jobs since its inception four years ago. And it’s led to £300,000 worth of fly-tip clearance in South Holland and Boston being achieved for just £60,000. Boston Borough Council oversees the scheme, and the ...

An energy plant reducing the amount of waste in Lincolnshire going to landfill is playing an important role during the current chilly spell. About 170,000 tonnes of residual household and commercial waste from across the county is now treated each year at the Energy from Waste (EfW) facility at North Hykeham, near Lincoln, which opened in 2013. Lincolnshire County Council ...

The first permanent property being built on a gypsy/travellers’ site at Holbeach has breached its planning permission. South Holland District Council gave consent last November for William Gaskin to build a dayroom at Rose View Drive, but part of the property is not as agreed. A council spokesman said: “We are aware that windows in the gable ends of the ...

A plan to use almost half of a public playing field for a housing development is facing strong opposition. Welland Homes Ltd – South Holland District Council’s new housebuilding company – wants to put 24 homes on Severn Road Playing Field in Spalding. The move, which would use 42 per cent of the field, has received objections from Sport England, ...

A move is being made to try and stop the controversial proposed outdoor performance area for Spalding’s Ayscoughfee Gardens being built. The £57,000 project – designed by Heritage Lincolnshire – was granted planning permission in January. While some people have welcomed the contemporary look, it has not gone down well with others. Spalding Town Forum chairman Coun George Aley likened it ...

Councillors in South Holland are to be asked to consider agreeing that the interests of the district’s residents would be best served by the UK leaving the European Union. In a move rarely seen at South Holland District Council, three members – Paul Foyster, Pete Williams and Angela Newton – have written to chief executive Anna Graves asking for a ...

Signs encouraging people not to smoke in council play areas, and in front of schools and nurseries are going up in South Holland. It follows a campaign initiated by Spalding dad Mark Le Sage last summer. South Holland District Council agreed to introduce a voluntary no smoking code in areas where children could be affected by passive smoking. The council ...