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South Kesteven: 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.

Read on 25 September 2026. Councils publish at different rates and in different places, so “nothing found” means nothing found, not nothing happening.

Council plan · Budget · Meeting papers · Councillors · Register of interests · Consultations

Housing

The adopted South Kesteven Local Plan plans for 16,125 new homes between 2011 and 2036.

“This provides a minimum requirement for the new Local Plan to allocate sufficient land to enable an average of 650 homes per annum, uplifted from 625 from 2016, to be built over the period 2011-36. This equates to 16,125 new homes in the plan period.”

South Kesteven District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. Adopted Local Plan 2011-2036 (PDF metadata creation date 2020-01-21). The council's Local Plan Review page states: 'On 21st July 2026 South Kesteven District Council resolved to cease production of the Local Plan Review.' and 'It also resolved to transition to the new Local Plan-making system.' (https://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/localplanreview)

Transport

South Kesteven changed charges in its own car parks from January 2025, after a consultation in November 2024.

“The changes to car parking tariffs, the first increase in more than three years, have been made following a consultation period in November, where interested parties were invited to comment.”

South Kesteven District Council, 14 January 2025. Read 25 September 2026. Most recent transport-related decision found on the council's own site; roads, buses and on-street parking are Lincolnshire County Council functions (the same article says 'Street parking and permits are operated by Lincolnshire County Council.'). The current consultations page listed only a Council Tax Support Scheme consultation on 2026-09-25.

Council tax

Band D set by South Kesteven for 2026–27: £195.03 of a £2,260.00 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

Full Council set South Kesteven's 2026-27 Band D council tax, including special expenses, at £195.03.

“Set a Council Tax level of £195.03 including Special Expenses for 2026/27 (Band D property).”

South Kesteven District Council, 26 February 2026. Read 25 September 2026. Full Council minutes 26 Feb 2026, item 114. Same minutes: 'There was a proposed Council Tax increase of £5.66 per year on a Band D property.' An amendment to set the increase at 1.99% was recorded as LOST. The 2026-27 council tax booklet (https://www.southkesteven.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-03/Council%20Tax%20Booklet%20SKDC%202026-27.pdf) states: 'The council has taken the decision to increase its portion of the Council Tax including special expenses by £5.66.'

Environment

South Kesteven District Council plans to cut carbon emissions from its own operations by at least 30% by 2030.

“We plan to reduce our carbon emissions from Council operations by at least 30% by 2030.”

South Kesteven District Council, undated. Read 25 September 2026. The same page states the council declared a climate emergency in September 2019 (Climate Action Strategy page) and refers to becoming 'net-zero carbon as soon as viable before 2050'.

Education

Not applicable: district councils do not run schools; schools here are the responsibility of the county council. (Lincolnshire County Council).

What South Kesteven is deciding

Every item on the agendas of Full Council and the Cabinet, as the council titled it, from about six months back to three months ahead. Left out: section headings, procedural items (apologies, minutes, declarations of interest, announcements, questions, appointments), anything about councillors’ attendance or allowances (which this site does not show), and private items the council itself withholds. Motions are shown with whoever the council’s agenda says proposed them; a councillor’s party is from Open Council Data.

Coming up

Recently

8 earlier meetings

  • Tue, 21 July 2026 · Cabinet

    • Small Unmanned Aircraft (Drone) Policy
    • Asylum Dispersal Grant Funding
    • 2026/2027 Pay Award
    • Refuse and Recycling Operational Policy Update
    • Warmer Homes Grant
    • Local Plan Progress and Updates
    • Key and Non-Key Decisions taken under Delegated Powers
    • Stock Management Policy
    • Designation of Air Quality Management Area Order 2026
    • Use of Head of Paid Service Emergency Powers
    • General Fund Provisional Outturn Report 2025/26
    • Housing Revenue Account Provisional Outturn Report 2025/26
    • Local Government Reorganisation - Government Decision

  • Thu, 16 July 2026 · Full Council

    • Annual Review of Overview and Scrutiny 2025/2026
    • Warm Homes Social Housing Fund Grant
    • Councillor Paul Martin
    • Motion Councillor Sarah Trotter — from Cllr Sarah Trotter (Conservative and Unionist)
    • Councillor Ben Green

  • Tue, 9 June 2026 · Cabinet · Extraordinary

    • Invitation for representations regarding the Structural Changes Order for Local Government Reorganisation in Greater Lincolnshire: Response

  • Tue, 2 June 2026 · Cabinet

    • Crisis and Resilience Fund
    • Review of SKDC Car Parking Arrangements
    • Corporate Plan 2024-27 - End of Year Review 2025/26
    • Corporate Enforcement Policy Update - Private Sector Housing
    • Housing Revenue Account - Rent Convergence
    • Key and Non-Key Decisions taken under Delegated Powers

  • Thu, 21 May 2026 · Full Council · AGM

    • Programme of Meetings of Full Council, Cabinet and Committees for 2026/2027
    • Appointments to Committees and Panels of the Council and Appointment of Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen
    • Appointment of Representatives to Outside Bodies
    • Decisions Taken Under Urgency
    • Governance and Audit Committee Annual Report 2025/2026
    • Announcement by the Leader of the Council on the Size and Membership of Cabinet and Cabinet Members' Remits

  • Thu, 21 May 2026 · Full Council · Extraordinary

    • Motion Councillor Sue Woolley — from Cllr Sue Woolley (Conservative and Unionist)

  • Tue, 5 May 2026 · Cabinet

    • Leisure Improvement Works - Phase One
    • Award of Arboricultural Services Contract
    • Wharf Road Multi Storey Remedial Works - Phase II
    • South Kesteven Shopfront Design Guide Review
    • Provisional Outturn 2025/26 – Budget Carry Forwards

  • Tue, 7 April 2026 · Cabinet

    • Repairs and Voids Materials Contract
    • Street Trading Policy
    • SK Community Fund
    • Award of Contract for Play Equipment Repairs and Operational Inspections

From the council’s own meeting papers (Modern.gov), read 25 September 2026. Refreshed weekly. Results of motions are in each meeting’s minutes, linked from the date.

Who runs the council

56 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of independents, Greens and Liberal Democrats. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Independent / Other 27, Conservative and Unionist 17, Reform UK 5, Liberal Democrats 3, Green Party (E&W) 2, Labour Party 2.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

Elections here now: Grantham St Wulfram's ward (22 October 2026).

All 56 councillors, by ward
  • Kyle Abel (Reform UK) — Aveland
  • Elvis Stooke (Independent / Other) — Belmont
  • Richard Litchfield (Reform UK) — Belmont
  • Pam Bosworth (Conservative and Unionist) — Belvoir
  • Robert Leadenham (Conservative and Unionist) — Belvoir
  • Emma Baker (Green Party (E&W)) — Bourne Austerby
  • Paul Fellows (Independent / Other) — Bourne Austerby
  • Rhys Baker (Independent / Other) — Bourne Austerby
  • Philip Knowles (Independent / Other) — Bourne East
  • Zoe Lane (Conservative and Unionist) — Bourne East
  • Anna Kelly (Independent / Other) — Bourne West
  • Helen Crawford (Conservative and Unionist) — Bourne West
  • Rosemary Trollope-Bellew (Independent / Other) — Casewick
  • Vanessa Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Casewick
  • Nick Robins (Conservative and Unionist) — Castle
  • Bridget Ley (Independent / Other) — Deeping St James
  • James Denniston (Independent / Other) — Deeping St James
  • Phil Dilks (Independent / Other) — Deeping St James
  • Barry Dobson (Independent / Other) — Dole Wood
  • Penny Robins (Conservative and Unionist) — Glen
  • Paul Martin (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham Arnoldfield
  • Paul Stokes (Independent / Other) — Grantham Arnoldfield
  • Gareth Knight (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham Barrowby Gate
  • Mark Whittington (Independent / Other) — Grantham Barrowby Gate
  • Lee Steptoe (Labour Party) — Grantham Earlesfield
  • Steven Cunnington (Independent / Other) — Grantham Earlesfield
  • Chris Noon (Independent / Other) — Grantham Harrowby
  • Ian Selby (Independent / Other) — Grantham Harrowby
  • Nikki Manterfield (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham Springfield
  • Rob Shorrock (Labour Party) — Grantham Springfield
  • Charmaine Morgan (Independent / Other) — Grantham St Vincent's
  • Graham Jeal (Reform UK) — Grantham St Vincent's
  • Patsy Ellis (Independent / Other) — Grantham St Vincent's
  • Matthew Bailey (Conservative and Unionist) — Grantham St Wulfram's
  • Tim Harrison (Independent / Other) — Grantham St Wulfram's
  • Ben Green (Reform UK) — Isaac Newton
  • David Bellamy (Reform UK) — Isaac Newton
  • Sarah Trotter (Conservative and Unionist) — Lincrest
  • Penny Milnes (Independent / Other) — Loveden Heath
  • Ashley Baxter (Independent / Other) — Market & West Deeping
  • Pam Byrd (Independent / Other) — Market & West Deeping
  • Virginia Moran (Independent / Other) — Market & West Deeping
  • Sue Woolley (Conservative and Unionist) — Morton
  • Ian Stokes (Conservative and Unionist) — Peascliffe & Ridgeway
  • Peter Stephens (Conservative and Unionist) — Peascliffe & Ridgeway
  • Habib Rahman (Liberal Democrats) — Stamford All Saints
  • Max Sawyer (Independent / Other) — Stamford All Saints
  • Gloria Johnson (Conservative and Unionist) — Stamford St George's
  • Rhea Rayside (Independent / Other) — Stamford St George's
  • Richard Cleaver (Independent / Other) — Stamford St John's
  • Susan Sandall (Conservative and Unionist) — Stamford St John's
  • Harrish Bisnauthsing (Liberal Democrats) — Stamford St Mary's
  • Jane Kingman (Conservative and Unionist) — Stamford St Mary's
  • Murray Turner (Liberal Democrats) — Toller
  • Jane Wood (Independent / Other) — Viking
  • Paul Wood (Independent / Other) — Viking

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own site, linked rather than summarised, because summarising means choosing. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

Cite this page

Harvard style. Every figure on the page also names its original source, which is usually the better thing to cite.

Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.