Hoveton Community Council

  • Trading Standards Advice

    Following recent warnings from Norfolk Constabulary about an increase in scams and fraud offences across the county, your Parish Council is pleased to be able to share the following information, kindly provided by Norfolk Trading Standards.

    Trading Standards Consumer Alerts
    To sign up for Trading Standards Consumer Alerts, visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/scams.

    Friends Against Scams
    Aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to “Take a Stand Against Scams”. This is achieved by looking to tackle the lack of scams awareness by providing information about scams and those who fall victim to them. This information enables communities and organisations to understand scams, talk about scams, and cascade messages throughout communities about scams prevention and protection. To find out more, visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/friendsagainstscams.

    No Cold Calling Zones
    A designated area where the residents declare they will no longer accept traders calling at their homes without an appointment. For further information and an application form, contact Norfolk Trading Standards on 0344 800 8020 or visit www.norfolk.gov.uk/nccz.

  • Clerk’s Annual Leave

    Hoveton’s Parish Clerk is now on annual leave until Wednesday 2nd January 2019. If you need the Council’s assistance while the Clerk is away, please contact a parish councillor.

  • Preparing For Winter

    With winter now upon us, Norfolk County Council (NCC) has launched its Norfolk Winter information-sharing campaign, designed to help people cope during the colder months. As part of this campaign, regular gritting updates and other useful advice will be posted under the #NorfolkWinter hashtag on Twitter and Facebook.

    NCC currently has around 16,000 tonnes of salt stocked. Current gritting routes, along with the locations of grit bins, can be seen on the map at www.norfolk.gov.uk/gritting. Your Parish Council recently obtained permission from NCC to site a third grit bin (in addition to bins located in the Broads Centre shopping precinct and next to Wroxham Bridge) at the upper end of the village. The most suitable location for this bin is currently being negotiated with NCC, who will fill the bin with grit.

    NCC is in the process of replenishing all existing grit bins (close to 2,000 bins, county-wide) and hopes to complete this work soon. Local residents are welcome to use this grit on public pavements, cycle paths, and roads that do not form part of the existing treated route. Hoveton Parish Council hopes that those residents who’ve been in touch to request an extra grit bin for the village will be pleased to hear a new bin will soon be on the way. Your Parish Council would also be interested in arranging a network of gritting volunteers for the village, so please get in touch if you can help with this.

    Finally, if there are any local businesses or community groups who would be interested in making a donation towards the cost of Hoveton’s new grit bin, or who’d like to ‘sponsor’ this bin, please contact Cllr Alex Howe (ahowe@hoveton-pc.org.uk or 01603 783 096).

  • St Benet’s Abbey Celebrations

    Anyone with a keen interest in local history will be interested to learn that The Friends of St Benet’s Abbey and Parrabbola are currently busy creating a performance to mark 1000 years since King Canute granted land and property to establish St Benet’s Abbey. This will be a community play (theatre made of the people, by the people, for the people) and it will take place in the summer of 2019 at the site of the St Benet’s Abbey ruins.

    Brian Abbott is researching and writing the play for Parrabbola and he’d like to hear local stories about St Benet’s Abbey, as well as personal memories or thoughts about the site. Questionnaires have been made available to more than 2000 local residents, asking for stories and offering the chance to be involved in the play. If you’d like to take part in this project, or to find out more about the anniversary celebrations, contact The Friends of St Benet’s Abbey (tfosba@gmail.com) or Parrabbola (info@parrabbola.co.uk).

  • Welcome Cllr Alan Scott

    Hoveton Parish Council is pleased to announce the co-option of a new parish councillor, Mr Alan Scott, who joined the Council at our December meeting. Cllr Scott lives on Brook Park and is already proving a very valuable addition to the Parish Council team. Hoveton Parish Council would like to extend a warm welcome to Cllr Scott and to wish him well in his new role as a parish councillor.

    Following Cllr Scott’s co-option, there are still four vacant seats around Hoveton Parish Council’s table. Perhaps you’d like to join us too? The role of a parish councillor is truly rewarding and fulfilling. It gives you the opportunity to play a key role in the decisions that affect life in our village and to make a positive contribution to the many areas of work the Parish Council is involved in. Have you ever thought about becoming a parish councillor? Our Becoming A Parish Councillor page will tell you a little more about what’s involved.