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Decision notice from ICO following consideration of complaint received

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Advice and Support

With increasing energy prices and ever rising food and commodity prices we are all anticipating that many people among us will struggle.  There are many places that people can turn for help and support, however, knowing exactly where to go for the right type of advice can be tricky. 

In order to help residents and to provide quick links to sources of help and support, please find below a document with a list of advice services and sources of help. This list has been kindly provided by Norfolk ALC to help Local Councils support their residents.

 

Are you worries about paying monthly bills? This document provides some useful links to sources of help and advice

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Update on Weight Limit through Lyng

UPDATE FROM NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL RECEIVED APRIL 2021

'As you may be aware, the County Council previously agreed to undertake the Traffic Regulation Order process for a proposed 7.5t weight restriction. This process includes a preliminary consultation period and during this consultation a number of representations were made by both local businesses/residents and neighbouring parish councils, some of which were broadly in favour of the proposals. However, we did receive a number of responses from farmers and landowners who expressed concerns that the proposals would negatively affect their farming and haulage operations.

A number of consultees suggested that the heavy vehicles using the roads in question are local farm related vehicles and may in fact not be through traffic.

In addition, we also received a request from Sparham Parish Council to extend the weight restriction north of the A1067 through the village. Following further consideration and discussions with the locally elected members it was decided this request could be considered, please see the attached plan.

As a result of the preliminary consultation comments, we have undertaken further traffic surveys and are currently considering these as part of investigating the merits of the weight restriction. This includes whether such a restriction should also be extended southwards to include the landowners/businesses who have made representation indicating that they require access north of the A1067. We expect to conclude these considerations in the next month at which time we will write to you again.'

The following correspondence was received from Norfolk County Council - September 2019 on the issue of the weight limit through Lyng. 

'As you may be aware, the preliminary consultation period for the proposed 7.5t weight restriction closed on the 10th June. During this consultation period a number of representations were made by both local businesses/residents and neighbouring parish councils, some of which were broadly in favour of the proposals. However, we did receive a number of responses from farmers and landowners who, expressed concerns that the proposals would negatively affect their farming and haulage operations.

In addition, we also received a request from Sparham Parish Council to extend the weight restriction north of the A1067 through the village. Following further consideration and discussions with the locally elected members it was decided this request could be supported, please see the attached plan.

We did receive a number of responses from farmers who are located just outside the originally proposed restriction extents that require access to premises/fields north of the A1067, which under the current proposals wouldn’t be possible legally and alternative routes would need to be utilised. As I am sure you can appreciate we are reluctant to introduce any restrictions that would negatively impact local businesses/farms, that have legitimate reason to travel through/within the area, we are solely concerned with HGV through traffic. A number of consultees suggested that the heavy vehicles using the roads in question are local farm related vehicles and may in fact not be through traffic. If this is the case unfortunately the introduction of a weight restriction would have limited affect in reducing HGV movements in the area.

We are currently considering and investigating the merits of extending the proposed restrictions southwards to include the landowners/businesses who have made representation indicating that they require access north of the A1067. These revised proposals would mean that those premises that were located on the edge of the restriction would, under the revised proposals be located within the weight restriction and therefore would have legitimate access and would be able to travel freely through the weight restriction, allowing vehicles weighing over 7.5t to access fields to the north of the A1067.

As a result of the comments received during the consultation we are currently investigating if there is merit in extending the proposed extents to mitigate the concerns raised. If it is felt that the best course of action is to extend the restriction, approval will need to be obtained by the local members for the area and a further round of stakeholder consultation will be required. I also have to advise that if it is felt the introduction of a weight restriction would have limited impact the scheme may be abandoned.

Please rest assured that once discussions have been held with senior officers and county councillors and a decision made on the best way forward we will of course contact all stakeholders including Lyng Parish Council.'

 

 

 

Update on Public Transport 

There were formerly services to Dereham, and connecting with the X29 to Norwich. Like many rural bus services, these were subsidised by the County Council, but were apparently axed when the funding was withdrawn some four years ago. However the Parish Council have been pleased to find that there are now funds available from Central Government for such purposes, so we are actively pursuing the possibility of reinstating the former services and possibly initiating one or more others. We are also talking to our colleagues in Elsing, as even a slight demand from there could make a difference in terms of service viability; we're also looking to see if there are potential options involving other villages.

Progress will be reported back to Council meetings and duly minuted, and you can follow these on our website.

November 2022