Council News

A new mosaic dedicated to the River Slea will flow through Sleaford’s Monument Gardens following a refresh of the space starting soon – and your help is needed now on another important aspect of the works.

Nominations are now open for you to champion and celebrate those people you think your community just couldn’t be without.

Households who have bins collected normally on a Monday in North Kesteven are being reminded of changes to accommodate the late August Bank Holiday.

Businesses are invited to join this upcoming event explaining how going green can help them become more profitable and develop new markets, all while making beneficial changes for the planet and their bottom line.

A drive-by scrap collector who dumped commercial waste he was paid £350 to dispose of properly has been charged £2,300 and told to do 15 days of rehabilitation and 150 hours of unpaid community service work.

People will soon be able to experience the historic Slea Navigation for themselves on a new narrowboat which itself pays tribute to the town’s history.

If you’re heading to England’s largest village show this weekend, we’d be thrilled to see you there.

The Council continues to explore opportunities to invest in a refreshed vision for the Heart of Sleaford, centred on renewed aspirations to deliver a new cinema in the town.

Our progressive, climate-focused, local plan has been judged best in the East Midlands by the Royal Town Planning Institute at the 2024 East Midlands Planning Excellence awards.

The application was for a substantially similar development to that which had already been dismissed at appeal and which is subject to an enforcement notice.