A new housing company, wholly owned by North Kesteven District Council, has completed its first development at Steam Court in North Hykeham.
Lafford Homes Ltd has completed a total of 33 two-bed flats at the site on Station Road, a project that has cost £3.25 million.
Around 27 of the flats will be for the private rental market, starting at £550pcm and six will be available to meet affordable housing needs.
Inside the Steam Court properties.
Lafford Homes aims to bring more housing choice to North Kesteven, with homes in places that people want, linked to the facilities they need at a fair price.
The company operates through its own board of directors, using existing building firms to fulfil its projects, and will seek to raise the bar as an ‘exemplar landlord’, in terms of rental standards across the board.
The flats have been build under the council’s new property arm.
Inside the living space of one of the flats.
Inside the kitchen of one of the flats.
Rents will cover running costs of the properties, including repairs management and will also pay back the financing costs for the development.
Phil Roberts, Director at Lafford Homes Ltd, said: “We are extremely pleased with the Station Road development.
“It will provide much-needed rental apartments in an area of otherwise unmet demand on to the private-rentals market as well as more accommodation for North Hykeham.”
Kevin Damarell, Managing Director of Lindum’s Building Maintenance Services Division, said: “This was our first job with Lafford Homes Ltd and it has been rewarding to see the land brought back into use in such a valuable way.
“In addition, it’s great to be working just down the road from our offices, making a lasting difference to the landscape in this part of Lincolnshire.”
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Stamford will soon have its first Aldi store, as the budget supermarket prepares to open in the town this November.
It will open on Uffington Road on Thursday, November 11, bringing 36 jobs to the local area and becoming the first Aldi store in Stamford.
Aldi will be open from 8am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sundays.
As well as this, the new store is calling on charities and food banks in Stamford to register with Neighbourly, a community engagement platform that links businesses to charitable organisations in local areas.
The new Stamford Aldi branch will bring 36 jobs to the local area. | Photo: Aldi UK
Charities can register and collect surplus foods such as fruit, vegetables and baked goods up to seven days a week. Any charities interested should email [email protected].
There will be a grand opening event for the store at 8am on November 11, with Team GB Olympic bronze medalist Sarah Jones cutting the ribbon.
Aldi Store Manager Robert Place said: “We can’t wait to open the doors to the new store in Stamford. It’s set to be a special day and having Olympic hero Sarah Jones join us will make it a morning to remember.”
Hockey star Sarah Jones added: “I’m so excited to be opening Aldi’s new store, it will be great to chat to customers and a lovely way for me to thank Aldi for its support of Team GB.”
A 1,400-strong petition against a controversial oil drill in Biscathorpe will be presented to Lincolnshire County Council at the planning meeting next week.
Community residents will attend the planning decision meeting at Brackenborough Hotel in Louth on November 1 to demonstrate their opposition to oil drilling in Biscathorpe. They are demanding that the council rejects 15 years of new carbon emitting oil.
In addition to the petition, over 200 locals submitted their objections via the county council’s planning portal. Objectors said the development flies in the face of climate concerns, however, the county council has said the climate is not a planning concern.
Five of the parish councils closest to the site – Donnington-On-Bain, Hemingby, South Elkington, Welton-Le-Wold and South Willingham – are also against the plans, along with MP for Louth and Horncastle Victoria Atkins, Natural England, Historic England, and multiple others.
This comes in the same week that the UK government prepares to host the world’s largest conference on any issue – the UN Climtate Change Conference – between October 31 and November 12.
Amanda Suddaby, a Lincolnshire resident who attended the recent Lincolnshire Climate Summit said: “At the Climate Summit, we heard from councillors that they want to ‘lead by example’.
“Next week’s oil planning decision on November 1gives them a chance to do just that. Lincolnshire can either approve 15 years of new oil drilling in our precious AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty), or be a climate leader – they can’t do both.”
Residents involved in a four-year campaign to protest the Lincolnshire Wolds Area of Outstanding Natural of Outstanding Natural Beauty from 15 years of new oil drilling made a video to get their point across.
Martin Scutt, who will be attending the planning decision in person, said: “As the international climate talks begin in Glasgow, we encourage those who can to join us on November 1 at The Brackenborough Hotel in Louth at 2pm, to demand our council take the real action we need to tackle climate change.
“In the last few weeks we have seen county councils in Yorkshire and the Isle of Wight reject fossil fuel development and now LCC need to show their residents that Lincolnshire are also taking responsible action on climate.”
In the Officers’ Report from Lincolnshire Council Council it states: “The impacts of the proposal on landscape character and visual impact are considered by officers to be minor in nature given the duration of the proposal and that it is entirely reversible.”
Officers also said that they couldn’t consider arguments about climate change, adding: “In determining this application, it is necessary to consider only whether the development would be an acceptable land use, in planning terms, at the proposed location.”
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is celebrating Halloween with the ‘scariest train ride of the year’ this weekend, with jump scares galore on a unique steam locomotive journey.
Running on Sunday, October 31, the Halloween Spooktacular at Lincolnshire Wolds Railway invites people to take a trip on a famous steam locomotive train with an eerie twist.
The first departure of ‘The Ghost Train’ will be at 1.45pm, running every hour with the last train leaving at 4.45pm.
The train will set off from the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway base at Ludborough station, near Louth, heading on a spooky journey to North Thoresby, though you will not be alone onboard.
The church bells of Ludborough will ring as ‘Demonic Monks’ walk through the carriages, and the volunteer actors will be scary spirits designed to make you jump and conquer your fears.
There will be quiet coaches for anyone travelling who may not want to sit in the entertainment coaches, or perhaps doesn’t feel prepared for the jump scares!
Visitors are invited to join in the platform dance to the Time Warp at North Thoresby, as well as coming in your best Halloween costumes and bringing unique carved pumpkin designs.
There will be a ten minute break at North Thoresby to allow for people to photograph the steam locomotive, before heading back to Ludborough.
There are advance warnings for anyone of a nervous disposition or with dogs that loud, atmospheric music will be playing and the volunteer actors will be making you jump, though they will not touch you.
Tickets cost £8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, £4 for under 12s (toddlers under 3 go free) or £20 for a family ticket of two adults and up to four children. There will be no bookings as people are encouraged to turn up on the day.
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