Colby & Banningham Parish Council

The hosepipe ban is now in force and there is a lot more information at www.anglianwater.co.uk/drought

The site is regularly updated so check back often!

There was an instance last week of 3 persons calling house to house to canvass support and regular donations for the RSPCA.

At the Parish Council meeting on 8 November 2011, Mrs Jenny Dyer was co-opted to fill the vacant seat on the Parish Council. 

A full list of Councillors and contact details will be available soon.

Following the Annual Parish Meeting and contact with residents, it was evident that whilst people did not want to see precept money spent on a celebration, there was opinion that the money raised last summer was to celebrate the jubilee.

Also, the logistics of having an event on the playing field were considered in some depth, and it was agreed tomove the event to the village green, on Monday 4 June, timing roughly from 3pm to 7pm.  We have applied for a road closure for Church Close to make it safer, and rec-convened the committee to finalise arrangements.

There will be some entertainment, and more information will be coming round in the next week or so.

But ………………meantime, book the date, dust off the bunting and the garden chairs ready to come along!!

I am very pleased to report that the Council had a faultless audit this year.  The Annual Return has been signed off by Mazars, the External Auditor, with no comments or matters to bring to the Council’s attention.    If you would like to see the copy of the Annual Return, please contact the Clerk.

Hope you all enjoyed the roadshow on the playing field, there was a lot of interest in the archery, especially.

The district heats are again at Cromer, on Sunday 11 June, and the final in Norwich on Sunday 15 July.

Once again Richard Anderson-Dungar is the co-ordinator. If you’ve already decided to take part, or would like more information in the meantime, please contact Richard on 01263 732530

Let’s win our category in Olympic year !!

Here is the Annual Report for 2010-11.   The Annual Report is an overview of the past financial and Council year, and contains information on all aspects of the Council’s activities.  Copies are in process of delivery to all households.  Annual Report 2010

Currently this contains details only of Parish Council meetings, but the Council would like to extend it to include details of community organisations’ meetings and events – please send information to the Clerk (contact details on the home page) to include date, title and timings for event.

The March Newsletter contained information about the Annual Parish Meeting, and an update on council activities.  It was delivered to each household in the parish.  If you no longer have your copy, you can read it here.