Felthorpe Parish Council

Norfolk County Council have announced the following road closures for road resurfacing works, from 27 – 29 July:

1)        prohibiting the use by vehicles of the Porters Lane from its junction with    A1067 Norwich Road for a distance of 180 metres northwards ;
2)        prohibiting the use by vehicles of the B1535 Weston Hall Road from its junction with A1067 Norwich Road for a distance of 320 metres southwards
3)        imposing a 10mph speed restriction on the Norwich Road from a point 85 metres west of its junction with Weston Hall Road to a point 100 metres east of its junction with Weston Hall Road

The person dealing with enquiries at Norfolk County Council is Martin Dixon (Community and Environmental Services) Telephone 0344 800 8020.

The annual governance and accountability statement has been completed for Felthorpe Parish Council for 2018/19 and will be shortly published on the  the website under Transparency Code.

The attached notice below gives details of electors’ rights to inspect the accounting records and other documents that relate to the accounts.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Parish Clerk with any questions.

felthorpe elector rights

A Notice of Result of Uncontested Election is attached for information. The candidates shown as validly nominated are elected as your parish councillors with effect from 2 May, 2019.

Felthorpe

This year’s village pride day will take place this Saturday (13 April).

Last year’s was a huge success and we hope to make this year’s even better – see the attached flyer for more information.

See you there!
flyer

 

The April Parish Council meeting will be a week later than usual, and be held on 9 April instead of the 2nd. See you there!

Norfolk County Council have made a Temporary Traffic Order affecting the C262 Taverham Road from its junction with Church Lane for a distance of 40 metres southwards in Felthorpe because of manhole cover repair.

The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) on 8^th April 2019 for the duration of the works, expected to be 1 day within the period.

The person dealing with enquiries at Norfolk County Council is Martin Dixon (Community and Environmental Services) Telephone 0344 800 8020.

 

The Notice of Election for the May 2019 parish  elections is attached.

The following link is the parish/town page where all the notices will be published, and where you can find additional information on how to stand as a Councillor.

https://www.broadland.gov.uk/downloads/download/628/parish_and_town_council_elections_2_may_2019

Nominations can start to be submitted from 20 March and up to final deadline of 4pm on 3 April.  Nominations must be hand delivered to Broadland council offices.

Notice of Election Parish A3

Parish Council elections are happening on 2 May 2019 and this is your opportunity to get involved!

election poster

This is an exciting time to become part of your parish council and:

– Get involved with your local community
– Have a say about local issues that people care about
– Influence local service delivery
– Decide how funding is spent to improve the community

You need to be over 18 years old and fit one of the criteria listed below:

Requirements to becoming a councillor:

• You have either during the whole of the 12 months before the day on which nominated as a candidate, or the day of the election, resided in the parish or within 3 miles
• You have occupied as owner / tenant any land or premises in the parish during the whole of the 12 months before the day of their nomination and the day of the election
• Your principle or only place of work in the parish during the whole of the 12 months before the day of their nomination and the day of election
• You are at the date of your nomination (and continue to be) on the electoral register as a local government elector for the parish in which they wish to stand

Disqualifications from being a councillor:

A person may be disqualified from becoming a councillor in the following ways:

• If they hold a paid office for the parish council
• If they are the subject of a bankruptcy restriction
• If they have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three months or more (including a suspended sentence) during the five years before poling day
• If they have been disqualified under the representation of the People Act 1983

Nomination papers

The Parish Clerk can provide an email link to nomination papers – [email protected].  The candidate must be nominated by a proposer and a seconder who are electors in the area for which the candidate seeks office. 
Your proposer and seconder will need their elector number.  This can be obtained by contacting Broadland Council on 01603 430483.

The formal timetable for the election is as follows:

Timetable

Activity	Due Date	Action Taken by
Publication of notice of election.	26 March.	District Council.
Deadline for delivery of nomination papers to Broadland Council (BDC).  These must be taken in person, not posted or emailed.	3 April at 4pm.	Person standing for election.
Deadline for withdrawal of nomination	3 April by 4pm	Person standing for election
Publication of statement of persons nominated	4 April	BDC
Publication of notice of poll (if enough candidates received to hold election)	24 April	BDC
Polling Day	2 May, 7am – 10pm.	BDC
Retiring Councillors stand down	7 May	All Councillors from previous term
New Councillors take office.	7 May	All councillors
Circulation of meeting summons to retiring Chairman and those elected	8 May	Clerk
Annual Parish Meeting	14 May	All Councillors.  Former Chairman should Chair
Annual Parish Council Meeting	14 May	All Councillors.  Former Chairman should manage election of Chairman before stepping down.

The following correspondence has been received about a new service trying to engage with women in rural areas:

“We are emailing you in regards to a new service which has just been launched, working under the social enterprise of Home Group, the 4women Outreach Service is reaching out to women who live in rural and isolated parts of Norfolk.

We are looking to engage with women on a regular basis and support them into overcoming potential barriers to paid employment.

The Broads and the Wensum & Coastal areas of Norfolk have been proven to be especially isolated for women with intent on returning to employment – this service is determined to overcome barriers for women 18+ who are long-termed unemployed, furthest from the labour market and in rural locations.

We will be providing localised support and activities across the designated areas.  Led by women, for women, we are ambitious in our achievements and for the women accessing new project support.

We have attached our leaflet along with a referral form.”

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