Thank you to the litter pickers who helped out with the successful event in Clippesby and Billockby on October 15th.
As we now currently have full sets of equipment for up to 6 litter pickers, please get in touch if a few of you would like to pick together.
Contact Julie Osborne 01493 369645
This aggressive non-native species has been found and some angling and boating may need to be curtailed in the short term to allow a survey to be carried out to ascertain the full extent of the infestation.
Eilish Rothney
Warden – Trinity Broads
Highways issues – please report to Clerk before 11th November
The Highway Ranger will be visiting Fleggburgh Parish in November. If you have any specific highway maintenance issues, please let Jimmy, the Parish Clerk, know by 11th November 2020 so that he can write a report and pass on these concerns to Norfolk County Council. His e-mail address is [email protected]
The key concern is maintaining the safety of the road network. At this time of year the following highway defects are generally the highest priority:
• Potholes – an accurate location and dimensions (including depth) really help NCC to judge their priority.
• Regular incidences of Standing water – location and area affected are important, in addition any knowledge of any features which may be blocked, does the ponding eventually clear over time, does this only occur during heavy rain. Recently heavy rain falls and wash from fields has caused issues over which we sometimes have no control. NCC can clear gulley pots and back ditches and grips within the highway boundary.
Other maintenance activities are listed below. These may be identified for action but will be lower priority and given a longer timescale for completion.
• Side out a carriageway or footway – where an encroachment of silt, verge growth or weeds etc has reduced the width of the carriageway or footway
• Hedge/Tree/Vegetation Encroachments – NCC will intervene where important signs are obstructed from view. Ideally, where encroachments exist NCC would contact the property owner so they may make their own arrangements at their own expense. Any information leading to identifying who is responsible for a certain feature will both be treated in confidence and reduce the time taken for the issue to be addressed.
• Damaged or dirty signs – If a damaged sign has been recovered, details of where this can be collected will be appreciated
Please provide as much information as possible including the exact location and specific concerns. NCC aim to provide feedback on the work which has been carried out during the visit; this will follow within a few weeks.
Bulb Planting
Many thanks to the small band of volunteers who planted nearly 3000 spring bulbs last Saturday in Fleggburgh. Particular thanks to Councillor Adrian Thompson who not only donated the bulbs but came with his spade, help and advice.
Diana Fossett
Borough Councillor and amateur horticulturalist Adrian Thompson is organising a bulb planting session in Fleggburgh on Saturday 10th October.
If you’d like to take part in this event and help make Fleggburgh a more colourful place to live, meet Adrian and the bulbs at 9am in Royden Way.
(This piece of news is re-posted as a reminder)
The consultation period for the Neighbourhood Development Plan has been extended until 30th October 2020.
Please see the Neighbourhood Plan section of this website for more details.
The Clerk wishes it to be known that the Parish Council is not interested in developing the paddock on Tower Road at present.
One councillor has been posting falsehoods on Facebook implying that the Clerk has been in clandestine discussions regarding developing the paddock. This is not the case. Below is a link to the e-mail exchange that took place between the Clerk and the developer:
A litter pick is planned for Clippesby and Billockby on Thursday 15th October 10:30 – 11:30
If you’d like to get involved, please contact 01493 369645 for more details.
A successful litter pick took place in Fleggburgh (on Wednesday 30th September). Thank you to everyone involved.
The Parish has generously been given 6 litter pickers, hoops, high vis. jackets and rubbish bags to support these efforts.
Let’s make our parish a tidier and happier place to live.
Julie Osborne
