A historic chapel will become a Greylees’ “premier venue” when it becomes a tea room and cocktail bar, the people behind it say.

The New Chapel on Kinross Road in Greylees, near Sleaford, has been granted a license following a major refurbishment.

The new establishment has been widely welcomed by the community.

However, there were worries from some that the 1am closing time on Friday and Saturday nights would lead to disruption for residents.

Owner Freida Alrashaid told North Kesteven District Council’s licensing committee: “The response on social media and in person has been overwhelming support. The community is very much excited for this.”

She took the late 19th century building on in 2014, and had been working to restore and bring it back into use ever since.

Ramal, who will be the Designated Premises Supervisor, said: “Blood, sweat and tears have gone into this – that shows you our level of passion.

“This will be the premier venue in Sleaford for people to come and enjoy themselves. We hope that people will be happy with what we have produced.”

He assured worried residents that they wanted to serve the local community, and not cause a nuisance to them.

The building was abandoned for a number of years. | Image: David Bosworth

The venue will be licensed to serve alcohol until 11pm Sunday to Thursday and 1am Friday to Saturday, although this will mainly be used for special events.

However, some local residents said at the meeting they still had concerns about late night noise.

Chris Cocks said: “This is a peaceful area to love – with such a late license in the evenings, we will hear the noise and it will be intrusive. We haven’t had assurances on noise limiting technology.

“I am in favour of this venture, but the disruption in the early hours of the morning does worry me.”

Sarah Freeman said she was also worried about the effect on nearby families with young children.

However, Jan Gunter told the committee: “I live around 150 yards away and have no objections at all. We know that 1am events will be the exception rather than the rule.

“We have been promised so many facilities for the area over the years and none have been realised. This is to be welcomed.”

The applicants said they would endeavour to stop noise travelling, and would ask large parties not to park on the street.

The committee has granted the license application, saying that “no evidence had been presented to show there will be problems with anti-social behaviour, increase in traffic noise and parking noise, and that the information was speculative.”

The building was previously Rauceby Hospital Chapel but fell into disrepair over the years.

Court summons are pending for two motorists, one in a car and another on a motorbike, after they clocked up unbelievable speeds on the A46 on Tuesday.

Lincolnshire Police Specialist Operations received two reports of excessive speeds on the A46 between Newark and Lincoln on Tuesday.

A car and motorbike both hit speeds of almost double the dual carriageway speed limit, with the car driver reaching 120 miles per hour and the motorbike going even quicker at 127mph.

Both motorists will be receiving a summons for court “in due course”, according to Lincolnshire Police.

Work by our Lincoln Neighbourhood Policing Teams to combat theft in the city has had another boost following the charge of a further two individuals.

Adam Golightly, 43, of Allandale View, Lincoln, was arrested following a proactive shop theft operation in the city centre last week. He has been charged with seven counts of theft and two bike thefts.

All of the shop thefts are reported to have taken place at Co-op stores in the city centre area and Carholme Road between June and last week. Items stolen included meat and cleaning products to the value of £424. The bike thefts also happened during that period. One of the bikes stolen was valued at £360, the other was an unknown value.

Following a hearing at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court on 12 August where he entered a not guilty plea, he has been given conditional bail and will appear at the court for trial on 22 September. His bail condition is not to enter any Coop store in Lincolnshire.

In a separate case, Carl Atkin, 37, of Friar’s Lane, Lincoln, was charged on 11 August with five bike thefts which took place at different times and locations across the city. On 12 August at a hearing at Lincoln Magistrate’s Court, he was given a 10 week sentence, suspended for 12 months.

We want to identify the person pictured after a vehicle was stolen from a bowls club in Lincoln.

A man was seen trying car door handles in the car park at the Lincoln Indoor Bowls Club, at Hall Drive, on Saturday, 13 July.

The club is a secure building and only members have access to it.

The man has tailgated another member into the club to gain access and then pretended to fit in by wearing suitable attire, waving to members, and getting a drink at the bar.

He has then gone into the changing rooms and located a set of car keys before stealing a red TOYOTA YARIS which was displaying the VRM AK08GBY.

The man is then believed to have committed a theft from The Spar, Newark Road in Lincoln immediately after taking the car.

We want to speak to the person pictured as we believe they may be able to help us in our investigations.

If you know them, or you have any further information that will help with our enquiries please get in touch.

Please email [email protected] quoting ‘Incident 448 of 13 August’ in the subject line.
Or call 101 quoting Incident 448 of 13 August.
If you wish to remain anonymous you can report any information via CrimeStoppers by calling 0800 555 111.