Scarning Parish Council

 

Welcome to the Parish Council website.

 

We hope you find it useful and informative. 

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​​​​​Next Parish Council Meeting 

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The next Parish Council meeting will be held in the Village Hall on 16 December at 7pm. A copy of the agenda for the meeting will be available three working days before the meeting. All our meetings are open to the public. Why not come along and see what we do. 

 

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Temporary road closure

 

Owing to safety concerns due to flooding the use by vehicles (of any class) of the U35194 Road From A47 To Bushy Common from 60m north of its junction with A47 for 375m northwards (the “Road”) in the Parish of Scarning will be temporarily prohibited.

 

Alternative route is via: U35194 Road From A47 To Bushy Common, A47, U35148 Chapel Lane U35213 Riverside, U35194 Bushy Common and vice versa (Gressenhall, Scarning).

 

 

​Parish Council Vacancies 

 

Are you interested in joining the Parish Council ? Becoming a councillor is a rewarding and valued form of public service. Councillors contribute to the work of the Parish Council by:-

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Seeking the best outcome to local issues
Putting forward ideas for better services
Responding to the needs and views of parishioners
Getting involved in decision making
Helping to make Scarning a better place to live

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We usually meet on the third monday of every month at 7pm in the Village Hall. All our members are volunteers and if you are able to give up a small amount of time this is a rewarding opportunity to make a difference. 

 

For more information, please contact the Parish Clerk

Email: scarningclerk@btinternet.com

Tel: 07938001056

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BRECKLAND COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION.

 

• If you would to respond to the Local Plan, please go to the  Commonplace webpage Have Your Say Today - Breckland Local Plan - Commonplace this contains links to the draft local plan and supporting evidence documents. You can then leave comments either through completing the survey questions or you can pin a comment on the interactive map Breckland Local Plan | Commonplace. 

• You can also email responses to LocalPlan@breckland.gov.uk this doesn’t need to be in a particular format or follow questions just simply people’s comments on the Draft Local Plan.

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Proposed Solar Farm

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All affected parties are encouraged to engage in the developer RWEs non-statutory consultation and making clear their concerns by visiting their website at https://uk.rwe.com/projectproposals/high-grove-solar-farm/.

 

​​New Community Grants Scheme

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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new Community Grants Scheme. This is for grants of up to £500. If your group is looking for funding, please go to the Documents section of our website (under Policies) and see if your group is eligible. We also have larger grants available through our Grants Policy.

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Community Award 2025

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The Parish Council aims to recognise the achievements of those individuals and groups who voluntarily and selflessly improve the lives of those around them; and to make an award to those who have made an outstanding contribution to the improvement of the parish of Scarning. We are therefore delighted to introduce a new Community Award. Nominations can be taken at any time between June 2024 and February 2025. The award will be made at our Annual Meeting. Do you know an individual or organisation, whose service to the community deserves to be recognised ? If so, please make a nomination via the Community Award on the policies section of our website. We look forward to hearing from you. 

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REPORTING AN ISSUE 

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The Parish Council maintains some street lights in the older part of the village. If you wish to report a street light fault elsewhere, please contact Norfolk County Council through their Report a Problem facility (norfolk.gov.uk). In the event of an emergency please call 0344 800 8008 (24 hours). To report an outage in the older part of the village, please contact the Parish Clerk (scarningclerk@btinternet.com.

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If you want to report issues regarding parking in the parish, please contact Civil Parking Enforcement (King's Lynn and West Norfolk) - parking.operations@westnorfolk.gov.uk

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To report a pothole, or other matters affecting the roads such as trees, hedges, flooding, please contact Norfolk County Council online through their Report a Problem facility (norfolk.gov.uk). Where possible, please send photographs. 

 

When there are issues of flooding or other matters concerning the Fen Road junction with the A47, these should be reported through the National Highways website, or by calling 0300 123 5000.

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Calls regarding flooding should be directed to Norfolk County Council's Flooding Hotline - 0344 800 8013 or 0344 800 8020. IF DANGER TO PEOPLE, PROPERTY, ENVIRONMENT, please call 999

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To report a missed bin, please contact Breckland Council through their website (breckland.gov.uk)

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To report a flytip, please contact Breckland Council through their website (breckland.gov.uk)

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To report concerns over dogs please Report it-Animal Warden Services (Breckland Council)

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Hedges are often the responsibility of the landowner/homeowner. If you are concerned by an overgrowing hedge that is causing a safety issue you should report this to Norfolk County Council, using its Report a Problem facility.

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Some footpaths in Scarning are the responsibility of Norfolk County Council. If you are concerned that a footpath needs cutting back, you should report to Norfolk County Council using its Report a Problem facility. 

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The Blackthorn Drive pond area and the area of open space at the corner of Allwood Avenue and Ted Ellis Walk are the responsbility of Bloor Homes. To report any issues, please contact CustomerCareEastern@bloorhomes.com

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EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBERS

 

To report:

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Floodline - 0344 800 8020. IF DANGER TO PEOPLE, PROPERTY, ENVIRONMENT, please call 999

Gas Leak - 0800 111 9999

Loss of power - 105

Water leak - 0800 771 881

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Check with your energy/water provider if you can be included on their priority lust, for advanced warnings of possible power cuts etc

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Do you know where your stopcock is ? Check you can turn it off.

Check on your neighbours or vulnerable residents

Keep a 'grab' bag handy in case you need to leave your home quickly (spare keys, insurance/important documents, torch, phone and charger, medication, change of clothes, bottle of water, etc

For useful guides go to www.norfolkprepared.gov.uk

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Grit Bins

People can check which roads are on Norfolk County Council's gritting routes at www.norfolk.gov.uk/gritting. On the same map people can find the locations of around 2000 grit bins in the county that are filled by the County Council and which people can use on public pavements, cycle paths and roads to help everyone get around safely.

Further information, advice and tips to help people keep healthy, happy and safe during the colder months is available on the county council’s Norfolk Winter site here.

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Defibrillators

 

We are very fortunate in Scarning to have three defibrillators.  These can be found in the telephone box outside the Village Hall (Dereham Road) and near the entrance to the school (Dereham Road). There is also a defibrillator at the Co op at the bottom of Swaffham Hill.

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A defibrillator is a device that gives a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. This high energy shock is called defibrillation, and it's an essential part in trying to save the life of someone who’s in cardiac arrest. You don’t need to be trained to use a defibrillator – anyone can use it. There are instructions at the site. 

 

Cardiac arrests can happen to anyone, at any time. You cannot deliver a shock accidentally, the defibrillator will only allow you to shock if it is needed.

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The following steps gives someone the best chance of survival. If you come across someone in cardiac arrest:

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1. Call 999

2. Start CPR

3. Ask someone to bring a defibrillator if there’s one nearby

4. Turn on the defibrillator and follow its instruction

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