Wensum road link 15th October 2020 / 5th March 2025 by Jon Treby In January 2025 Norfolk County Council announced that it has withdrawn its planning application for the £274M Norwich Western Link Road project, after being unable to satisfy Natural England on how it will conserve bat populations in the area. The 3.9-mile road, which aimed to connect the A47 to the Northern Distributor Road west of […] Read more »
wymondham town councillor resigns 12th March 2025 / 14th March 2025 by carolsharp Green Party Town Councillor Joe Barrett (26) has resigned from his role after 18 months. During his time in office he worked on a range of important issues, from planning and governance to sustainability and neurodiversity; and led work on the new cemetery. He also declared a climate emergency, launching the Sustainable Wymondham group to […] Read more »
local council elections cancelled 15th February 2025 / 15th February 2025 by carolsharp local council elections cancelled The government wants to widen devolution, giving areas new powers, putting them on the fast track to deliver growth, opportunities, transport and housing for local communities. The programme – one of the largest ever packages of mayoral devolution in England – will support the areas to move towards devolution at […] Read more »
General Election 31st May 2024 / 18th December 2024 by Green Party Admin general election 2024 In recent boundary changes South Norfolk has been divided into 2 constituencies. See map below. 6 wards have been moved into a new constituency called Waveney Valley where we are delighted to have had Adrian Ramsay elected as an MP. The other wards in South Norfolk are still in South Norfolk constituency […] Read more »
A win in Bunwell ward 2nd May 2024 / 18th December 2024 by Green Party Admin Bunwell District by-election On Thursday 2nd May 2024 Suzanne Wateridge was elected District Councillor for Bunwell ward! Due to the sad death of the incumbent Stephen Ridley we had a by-election in Bunwell (see map below) We are delighted that Suzanne Wateridge who lives in nearby Tivetshall St. Margeret, right on the edge of the […] Read more »
A win in West Depwade 13th July 2023 / 18th December 2024 by Green Party Admin West Depwade by-election On Thursday 13 July 2023 Catherine Rowett was elected County Councillor for West Depwade! About Catherine Donate to help elect Adrian Ramsay as Waveney Valley MP in 2024 Due to to the sad sudden death of Barry Duffin the County Councillor for West Depwade (see map below) a by-election was called for […] Read more »
Recycling – what CAN we recycle? 20th September 2022 / 20th September 2022 by carolsharp This question comes up a lot at home. Usually it is a piece of plastic that some of us think can be recycled and others do not. Which bin do we put it in?! We do not want to just throw it away as it COULD be recycled, but we do not want to just […] Read more »
Pylons across South Norfolk 5th May 2022 / 18th December 2024 by Green Party Admin How can you help? Keep the pressure up. Write an email to your local MP. For most it will be R Bacon richardbaconmp@parliament.uk Use this as your guide: An integrated offshore grid in the North Sea would provide much needed certainty to the wind farm industry, right now. This email is not about the CFD […] Read more »
Planning Disputes 1st November 2021 / 18th December 2024 by Green Party Admin Seething Lagoons Click here for a template letter to send to South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon richardbaconmp@parliament.uk We are delighted to announce the refusal of this retrospective planning application. Despite not mentioned in this article Tom Williamson has worked tirelessly with residents, who said they had received no support from South Norfolk Council. It seems […] Read more »
Our guide to being a ‘paper’ candidate 24th October 2020 / 8th October 2024 by Jon Treby We need more volunteers to simply put their name as a Green candidate. In the United Kingdom, major parties often find it difficult to field a full list of candidates for all council seats up for election and ask people to stand as paper candidates so that: In Britain, being nominated as a local election […] Read more »