Moving to a resolution: Chicken Farm Holdingham and Leasingham

The Planning Inspectorate is moving towards decision time!

Postnote: the Planning Inspectorate visited the site today (31/03) - between 1315 and 1400hrs. It was a windy reception (gusts 50mph).  About a dozen people turned up. We were told that a decision is expected to be made within the next 5 weeks.

 Interestingly the appeal timetable on their web-site is not now available.

 An inspection of the site is planned for the end of March! I assume a decision will be made in the weeks that follow: probably before the local elections in May. 

Maybe that is why there is now a sign indicating that the land, from the signage of the Sustrans Track, to say that public access to the New Wood is refused as the land is private! 

Eight Weeks to go: Will Sleaford & North Hykeham follow the national trend?

Whatever the national trend is!! 

At the moment there appears to be four candidates locally who have declared their intention to stand! In 2010 there were 6 candidates so maybe there are more to declare.Wikipedia is still giving three (26 March) so I have linked to this site.  Click here!  

The National opinion polls seem to suggest (at this stage) a slight weakening of the Labour vote but still in a "hung" parliament setting. Locally the only survey I have seen relates to Boston & Skegness obtained via UK Polling Report.

To repeat: there are still 8 weeks to go however!

Late News: The Sleaford Standard has highlighted that nominations start Monday 23 March 2015. It has also put out a Police warning about misrepresentation of candidates. 

Be careful all Twitter and Facebook users. 

Sleaford Style Housing Applications

 

Todays Target is about another 1600 homes on the western edge of Sleaford: in addition to the Handley Chase. Obviously there will (and are ) concerns. On a wider note there will also be concerns about Roads, Schools, Medical facilities, Open Spaces and traffic congestion to name but a few. 

However it will be interesting to see if the residents affected will be afforded the same courtesy and concern as was afforded to Bassingham residents.

Watch this space> Last weeks NK Council meeting about the withdrawal of the CPO for the Recreation Ground on Boston Road doesn't bode well.

 

Sleaford Battleground's? But why?

We seem to have had battlegrounds galore over the years.

The biggest of course relates to the Recreation Ground. But others, as mentioned on this Blog have, and are still occuring.

The Anaerobic Digestor Plant is another. Even Private Eye is commenting this week on the bizarre decision making that is occuring in relation to big industrial size agricultural units.

The idea of the Big Society aka Localism was to set out the demarcation between Local (Neighbourhood) Plans, Town Plans and Region-wide core strategies. Well, perhaps (but  do not hold your breath), the May local and national elections will help sort that out. 

So the Headline in this weeks Standard (Battleground) is where we are at. It is surely time now to reflect ans ask ourselves why the over-emotive shenanigans at last weeks NK Council meeting occured - and why were they allowed to happen. How did we get here?

The Target version of events is here!

The NKDC recording is here  at the head of the Agenda (especially at 7.00 mins and at 1.18.30 hr.

Litter! Not just Sleaford - Spalding also - and beyond!

An article in the "Spalding Guardian" seems to be reflect views of residents in Sleaford. Much of it from fast food outlets and off-licences!   Spalding Letter. 

We are lucky that volounteers clean the River Slea: Spalding is also in an area of waterways. The complaint in this letter is that the Council accepts the applications without really (in the views of the people) the nous to offset the problems it will cause. 

I have often taken photos in Sleaford, and complained to some effect, but at the end of every winter the rubbish is there again blighting the appearance of the Town. The photo below was taken at least one year ago but look over the fence this year and it is at least as bad.  

Sadly it is not just Lincolnshire: I regularly go to Leicestershire and South Yorkshire and it is as bad there!