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South Holland: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
South Holland District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East Midlands; within the county of LIN. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Lincolnshire County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by South Holland for 2026–27: £222.14 of a £2,278.20 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£156,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.6 million |
| Cultural and related services | £1.8 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £8.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £2.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.8 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £19.6 million |
Life in South Holland: the official facts
- People living here
- 100,758 people
- Typical age
- 46 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £21,847
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £606
- Children growing up in poverty
- 27.8%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 3.0%
- Average price of a home
- £226,156
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 7.3 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 7.0 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 76.4%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 78.6 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,745 businesses
Who runs the council
This council’s area is covered by Greater Lincolnshire combined authority, with its elected mayor.
37 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 19, South Holland Independents 9, Reform UK 5, Independent / Other 4.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 37 councillors, by ward
- Angie Harrison (Conservative and Unionist) — Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
- Bryan Alcock (Independent / Other) — Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
- Jim Astill (Conservative and Unionist) — Crowland and Deeping St Nicholas
- Henry Bingham (Conservative and Unionist) — Donington, Quadring and Gosberton
- Jane King (Reform UK) — Donington, Quadring and Gosberton
- Margaret Geaney (Conservative and Unionist) — Donington, Quadring and Gosberton
- Paul Barnes (South Holland Independents) — Fleet
- Jo Reynolds (Conservative and Unionist) — Gedney
- Nick Worth (Conservative and Unionist) — Holbeach Hurn
- Nanette Chapman (Conservative and Unionist) — Holbeach Town
- Sophie Hutchinson (South Holland Independents) — Holbeach Town
- Tracey Carter (Conservative and Unionist) — Holbeach Town
- Andrew Tennant (Independent / Other) — Long Sutton
- David Wilkinson (Independent / Other) — Long Sutton
- Jack Tyrrell (Conservative and Unionist) — Long Sutton
- Andrew Woolf (Conservative and Unionist) — Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
- Anthony Casson (Conservative and Unionist) — Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
- Thomas Sneath (Reform UK) — Moulton, Weston and Cowbit
- Elizabeth Sneath (Conservative and Unionist) — Pinchbeck and Surfleet
- James Avery (Conservative and Unionist) — Pinchbeck and Surfleet
- Sally-Ann Slade (Independent / Other) — Pinchbeck and Surfleet
- Gary Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Spalding Castle
- Ingrid Sheard (Reform UK) — Spalding Monks House
- Sam Chauhan (South Holland Independents) — Spalding Monks House
- James Le Sage (South Holland Independents) — Spalding St John's
- Manzur Hasan (Reform UK) — Spalding St John's
- David Ashby (South Holland Independents) — Spalding St Mary's
- Mark Le Sage (South Holland Independents) — Spalding St Mary's
- Glynis Scalese (Conservative and Unionist) — Spalding St Paul's
- Robert Gibson (Reform UK) — Spalding St Paul's
- Aaron Spencer (South Holland Independents) — Spalding Wygate
- Jan Whitbourn (Conservative and Unionist) — Spalding Wygate
- Christopher Brewis (South Holland Independents) — Sutton Bridge
- Michael Booth (South Holland Independents) — Sutton Bridge
- Laura Eldridge (Conservative and Unionist) — The Saints
- Allan Beal (Conservative and Unionist) — Whaplode and Holbeach St John's
- Paul Redgate (Conservative and Unionist) — Whaplode and Holbeach St John's