Who Are We ?
The Parish Council regularly meets to consider local issues and make decisions. We support and encourage ongoing community engagement and the delivery of services. We maintain and improve community assets. We review planning applications and make comment as appropriate.
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What do we do ?
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The Parish Council is responsible for:​
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provision and maintenance of the children's play areas and Outdoor Fitness equipment near Blackthorn Drive and Ted Ellis Way
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maintenance of Outdoor Fitness equipment, table tennis table and the zip wire on the Shipdham Lane playing field
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Provision of grant funding for community groups
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maintenance of the roadside verges in some parts of the parish
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provision of dog and litter bins
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maintenance of some street lights (this does not include the lights on the Draytonhall Lane estate. Please see under Documents for the lights we maintain)
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maintenance of the church clock and the war memorial
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repair and upkeep of bus shelters in the parish.
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provision of an annual Christmas tree and lights outside Scarning Church
News
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Welcome to the Parish Council website. We hope you find it useful and informative. Scarning Parish Council is a civic local authority, which means there are rules and regulations which we have to adhere to, but we are your Parish Council and are here to represent the residents of Scarning. Please feel free to contact the Clerk by phone or email. If you prefer, you are always welcome to attend one of our meetings.
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​​​​Next Parish Council Meeting
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The next Parish Council meeting will be held in the Village Hall at 7pm on October 21. 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.
Vacancies
We have two remaining vacancies on the Parish Council. Are you passionate about your community? Do you want to help make a long-lasting change ? Do you want to seek the best outcome to local issues? If this is you, then we need you. Make a change and become a councillor.
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We meet on the third monday of every month. 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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Dereham Town Council has some concerns and reservations regarding the introduction of car parking charges and has asked me to produce a short survey to understand the views or residents.
Please find survey at Dereham Town Council Consultation on Breckland Car Park Charging (app.do)
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BRECKLAND COUNCIL LOCAL PLAN CONSULTATION.
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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.
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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.
​​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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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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Call 999
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Start CPR
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Ask someone to bring a defibrillator if there’s one nearby
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Turn on the defibrillator and follow its instruction
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
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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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