Parish Council News
The Agenda for next weeks PC meeting opn 15th December 2008 is now available. Go there
A letter from Norfolk County Council about starting secondary School. Read it here
The Parish Council responded to a police consultation paper. Here are the results of the consultation
Unitary Authority Proposal for Norfolk.
The consultation period for responding to the unitary proposal for Norfolk has now closed. However Hazel Blears , the Secretary of State will not be deciding on this until at least 31st December when the Boundary Committee report back to her. To press home the Parish Council's view that the proposal for an all Norfolk plus Lowestoft unitary authority is wrong we have written directly to the Secretary of State. If you feel so inclined to write to the SoS please feel free to model your response on ours. See our letter here. (Please note you will need Internet Explorer to open the file, other browsers may not recognise it.)
The Parish Council has agreed that the proposal of the Boundary Committee will not best serve the residents of Wood Norton specifically and Norfolk in general. We have made representation to the Boundary Committee, via the online consultation process. Click here to see what we said.
The Parish Council will also be writing directly to the Secretary of State to make the case for maintaining the status quo but with enhanced working between the County Council and the districts. That letter will be made available on this site for other to use if they so wish.
The Boundary Committee for England has published draft proposals for patterns of unitary local government in Norfolk and is proposing a single unitary authority for Norfolk covering the whole county and including Lowestoft. If you think this will not affect us in Wood Norton you are wrong. Find out more about the different sides of the story by visiting www.norfolk.gov.uk and also our district council's view at www.north-norfolk.gov.uk
Interested in recycling? Did you know that the Norfolk Waste Partnership produces a magazine packed with recycling ideas? Visit their new website
Do you know the non-emergency police number? For all non-emergencies call 0845 456 4567. But what is a non-emergency? There are some examples of a non-emergency on a leaflet provide by the police. The same leaflet has sticky labels that you can place on or near your phone and on your mobile.
The Parish Council has enough of these leaflets for every house in the village. We will have them available at the Annual Parish Meeting on the 19th May. Come and collect one.
Have you heard of the Fakenham Area Partnership? They are a non-elected body supported financially by NNDC. They have been invited to give a presentation at the Annual Parish Meeting on the 19th May. For more information on the Partnership click here
Our local Safer Neighborhood Team is based at Fakenham. Click here for more information. Did you know that to report any non-emergency you should telephone 0845 456 4567?
The Parish Council meets every five weeks. An agenda is published three days before each meeting. Anyone can attend and indeed members of the public are most welcome. At every meeting there is an opportunity for people to address the council on any topic they wish.
You are all welcome!
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