Planning Application – Hampshire Cottage,  Wymondham Road

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Reference: 2018/0637
Applicant: Mr Christopher Bushnell & Ms Elizabeth Jolly
Location: Hampshire Cottage  Wymondham Road Wreningham NR16 1AT
Proposal: Single storey side extension

Please return comments by 13 April 2018 quoting reference 2018/0637 via:
e-mail: planning@s-norfolk.gov.uk , or,
Mail: South Norfolk Council, South Norfolk House, Cygnet Court, Long Stratton, Norwich NR15 2XE

Road closure Mill Lane – 9th to 13th April

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NCC have advised us about a Temporary Road Closure on Mill Lane due to footway works (STRO1532) from 9th April to 13th April 2018. The relevant documents are provided below:

  1. The Order – Wreningham STRO1532 Order – This allows the Traffic Authority (Norfolk County Council) to temporarily restrict or prohibit the use of a road and/or footpath.
  1. The ‘Propose To’ Notice (PT) – Wreningham STRO1532 PT – This is the public Notice NCC must advertise at least seven days before making an Order.
  1. The ‘Has Made’ Notice (HM) – Wreningham STRO1532 HM – This is the public Notice NCC must advertise within 14 days of making an Order.

The proposed order comes into effect on the date shown. The date on the notices is when they will appear in the Eastern Daily Press.  If they have to change any dates, they will let us know.  If you have any questions about the order and notices, please contact Alison Wilton on (01603) 222591 or Jennifer Batten on (01603) 223673.

If you have any questions about the work, please contact the Area Highways Office on the number given on the notices.

Planning Application – Streetley House, Wymondham Road

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Reference No: 2018/0612
Applicant: Mr & Mrs N Ireland
Location: Steetley House  Wymondham Road Wreningham NR16 1AT
Proposal: Convert garage to enlarge kitchen and form new detached double garage

If you have a comment on this application, please do so quoting reference 2018/0612 by 11 April 2018 via:
e-mail: planning@s-norfolk.gov.uk , or,
Mail: South Norfolk Council, South Norfolk House, Cygnet Court, Long Stratton, Norwich NR15 2XE

Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP) Consultation

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The public consultation on the Greater Norwich Local Plan (GNLP) which opened on 8th January closes at 5pm on 22 March 2018 (see www.gnlp.org.uk for details).

It is important to note that this is a consultation – no final decisions have been made on any policy choice or site. The consultation will include:

  • a Growth Options document setting out the broad housing numbers required to 2036;
  • six main distribution options;
  • a significant number of questions on various policy areas (such as air quality, landscape and affordable housing); and,
  • the Site Proposals document, listing sites submitted for consideration for various uses through the plan, along with a settlement summary for those parishes where sites have been submitted.
  • (The Wreningham Site Proposal plan is here: GNLP_Wreningham.)

The Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (HELAA) in the evidence base has more detail on the sites submitted for potential inclusion in the GNLP. Other evidence studies, along with the Interim Sustainability Appraisal, will also be available for comment.

The public consultation roadshows’ venues and dates are published on www.gnlp.org.uk.

If there are any questions, please email LP@s-norfolk.gov.uk.
Adam Nicholls, Planning Policy Manager, SNC. Tel: 01508 533809 e-mail: anicholls@s-norfolk.gov.uk

Wreningham pays heart-felt tribute to Postman Pat

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Wreningham has paid a special tribute to a well-loved local postman – Pat Maidment – with a community meal and his own special postbox erected at the village hall.

Known, of course, as Postman Pat, he lived in the village for over 30 with wife Jill. Pat worked for the Post Office his whole career from the age of 16, until he died last March, aged 60, from a brain tumour.

After a community Sunday lunch in the village hall on March 4, around 40 family and friends gathered together outside the hall to watch Pat’s brother Mark unveil the special black postbox, which had been erected on the wall of the hall by some of Pat’s many friends in the village.

Friend Trevor Wadlow said: “There was a strong feeling in the village that we wanted to do something to recognise what a truly memorable and well-loved character Pat was and a postbox seemed a fitting tribute. We hope it will help preserve fond memories of Pat for us all for many years to come.”

Pat and Jill moved to Wreningham in 1986 and Jill said Pat worked for the Post Office since he left school at the age of 16. He started as a messenger boy and then became a postman, based at Thorpe Road in Norwich.

Commenting on the tribute, Jill said: “It means a lot to me and the family. I knew he had a lot of friends in the village, but it is great to know that so many people genuinely liked and thought well of him. It is comforting to know he is well thought of and people still think of him now. A postbox is an entirely appropriate memorial.”

Pictured above are Pat Maidment’s wife Jill, brother Mark and other close family members with the new postbox erected in his memory at Wreningham Village Hall. Picture by Michael Hill.

Diabetes Event

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The Swan Lane Surgery in Long Stratton is hosting an open evening about Diabetes on 25th April at 7pm in Long Stratton Village Hall. See Diabetes poster. All are welcome.

There will be a series of short presentations from speakers who will then stay on to answer any individual questions:
  • Diabetes Specialist Nurse
  • Principal Podiatrist
  • Norfolk Diabetes Trust
  • Wymondham Diabetes Group
  • National Diabetes Prevention Programme
  • Patient’s personal experience.
If you have any questions about this contact Ian Mortimer or the surgery, asking for Dawn Brighton.