South Norfolk Local Plan – closed

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This document has completed the stage with the Hearing sessions in front of the Government’s Inspector.

A consultation on proposed modifications to the South Norfolk Local Plan (the Site Allocations document, the Development Management Policies document and the Wymondham Area Action Plan) has commenced (on Wednesday, 22 April) and will close at 5pm on 5 June.

A copy of the letter sent to consultees is here. All consultation information will be on the Local Plan webpage at www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/local-plan-examination.

​If there are any questions, the contact at South Norfolk Council is:

Adam Nicholls, Planning Policy Manager.

t 01508 533809             m 07775 502104              e anicholls@s-norfolk.gov.uk

The Bird In Hand

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The Bird in Hand has been a public house since the early 1800s. There was a period of closure in the 1980s, following which a major transformation was undertaken by Mr & Mrs Turner. This provided the layout of the Bar and Restaurant areas as you see them today. The business prospered immediately it opened has been a popular destination for eating and drinking ever since.

In 2014 the Brake family undertook another major transformation providing a New Kitchen, 8 En-suite Letting Rooms and New Courtyard Area. These works were completed in the Spring of 2015. The Letting Rooms are all doubles and are fitted out to a high standard. All have Hypnos king-size beds, TVs, Wifi, Tea & Coffee making facilities

During excavations, 2 Roman Ovens were discovered. These were carefully avoided and are preserved under Bedroom 7. Interesting to note that almost 2000 years ago the Romans could have been baking bread on virtually the same spot where our Chefs bake bread today! East Anglia is steeped in history with evidence from the Iron Age and the Iceni tribe, the Roman occupation, the Anglo Saxon period, the Viking invasions, the Norman Conquest, through the Middle Ages to more recent times.

Rooms

Rooms

Bedroom

Bedroom

Bathroom

Bathroom

Circus in Wreningham

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Circus Ferrel came to the Wreningham playing field and opened for two nights in early May. Martin, from the circus, had attended a Parish Council meeting to ask to use the playing field. He explained that they work with schools teaching circus skills and that they also open to the public. The circus team would be in Wreningham School and working with the pupils there.

Rob Jones, Headmaster at Wreningham school, later said “We had Circus Ferrel for 3 days in school – the children did circus skills such as juggling, tight rope walking and plate spinning!”

All the reports are that the event was a success and enjoyed by many people.

Martin said “We too couldn’t believe the turn out on Wednesday! Tuesday was quieter but still a lively show with a wonderful mix of local (and not so local) folk. Each week is so different on the road but Wreningham was one of the stays we shall have happy memories of for a long time to come and it’s lovely to have good crowds at the start of the season – the winter break is long and it’s so expensive to get the show out on the road.”

We asked if he had some photos of the two days but Martin and his team worked so hard that “…there’s rarely time to remember to take any!”. However, the school did remember to take along a camera and here are pictures of the students enjoying themselves.

Spinning the plate -1Spinning the plates

NCC seeks views on managing flood risk – closed

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Norfolk County Council is a Lead Local Flood Authority and has a duty to manage flood risk from surface water, groundwater and local watercourses across the county. NCC invites views on its draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. The consultation, which includes a number of drop-in sessions is open until 25 May, and the Local Flood Risk Strategy, subject to responses received from the public, will be formally adopted later in the year.

See here for more.

Lotus Group and Residents Meeting

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An occasional meeting is held between Lotus Group plc and local residents to discuss matters arising from use of the track at Hethel by Lotus and their Driving Academy. You may be interested that Lotus Group are offering a 10% discount for residents’ family members. Contact Danny Hartgrove (dhartgrove@lotuscars.com) for more details.

Meeting notes: Local Residents Meeting 26 Feb 2015

2015 schedule for Lotus events: LDA CALENDAR 2015

The key to the codes in the schedule is:

FT = Factory Tour
HFT = Heritage Factory Tour (Includes CTL)
SYS = Scare yourself Sensible (1/2 Day Track Event)
L1,2,3 = Lotus Driving Academy Track Events
LOT = Lotus on Track (Lotus Owners Track Event)
LMC = Lotus Motor Club (Annual Sprint track Event)

Broadband Cabinet near School

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​The Parish Council have been advised about new work by the Better Broadband ​for Norfolk (BBfN) Project. A new communications cabinet (Fundenhall PCP 8) is to be installed on the verge outside Wreningham VC School in the near future to serve residents and businesses in the immediate surrounding area.

​The​ survey pack ​provides some additional information about the installation of this cabinet (note that photograph 1 on page 3 shows the new cabinet footprint superimposed in green near the hedge).

The BBfN site has the following about FUNDENHALL – “BBfN is bringing better broadband to parts of Fundenhall – Services should become available from ISPs by the end of September 2014 and to parts of Wreningham by the end of March 2015 Work continues to move some customers from an existing cabinet to a new cabinet to achieve better speeds in Fundenhall.
***Latest news *** Further parts of Fundenhall will receive access to better broadband by end of June 2015.

This cabinet is obviously part of the necessary infratructure but when it will go live for the benefit of Wreningham residents remains to be seen!