The Meeting of South Lopham Parish Council will be held at 7.30 pm on Thursday 3 Nov 2016 at Valley Farm, Low Meadow, South Lopham.
Agenda in PDF Format (opens in new window).
Minutes of previous meeting in PDF Format (opens in new window).
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Agenda of Parish Council Meeting 3 November 2016
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Lophams’ News November 2016
The November 2016 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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Survey of Public Rights of Way in South Lopham Parish
The Parish Council has recently conducted a survey of all the public rights of way in the village as the number of complaints about the poor state of our paths has been increasing in recent months. The survey has highlighted the poor condition of many of the paths, some of which are impassable, while others are well kept and easy to access.
Landowners have a statutory duty to ensure that any public path on their land is accessible and the NFU provide advice on how best to maintain these rights of way.
National Farmers Union (NFU) Advice
- All field edge PROWs should be at least 1.5m wide and free from obstruction.
- All cross field PROWs should be at least 1.0m wide and free from obstruction.
- Where crops such as maize or oil seed rape are sown alongside a cross field path, it is necessary to leave a strip 1.8m wide to maintain public access.
- If a cross field path is disturbed for cultivation, the path should be re-instated within 14 days.
- Maintenance of gates and stiles is the responsibility of the land owner.
- NCC Rangers can be asked by the parish council to install finger posts at each end of a PROW where it meets the public highway.
- NCC is responsible for maintaining ditch and river crossings if they existed when the path was first recorded.
- Parish councils should aim to work with local landowners, explaining their public rights of way responsibilities and setting out what needs to done to resolve the issue.
- Where issues cannot be resolved at a local level, NCC Highways should be contacted to pursue the matter.
At the September council meeting it was agreed to publish the results of the footpath survey on the parish website and to write to as many landowners as possible, particularly where paths are over grown and poorly maintained, to actively encourage landowners to address any issues. We have also committed to ensuring that any missing or broken finger-posts will be replaced and Norfolk County Council have been contacted to implement this work.
A copy of the survey results, PROW reference map and sample letter that we are sending to landowners are available (PDF format).
Any specific issues relating to the accessibility and maintenance of Public Rights of Way in South Lopham Parish can be reported to the Parish Council or directly to the Rights of Way team at Norfolk County Council (further general information about PROW is also available on the NCC website).
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Lophams’ Society Autumn Quiz
There was a great turnout at the Village Hall on the 14th October when 75 people turned up to take part in the Lophams’ Society Autumn Quiz. Once again chairman Roy Clark, this time acting as question master and scorer supplied a variety of interesting and entertaining questions which meant at the end of 8 closely fought rounds only a handful of points divided the teams and only one point separated the winners on table three from their nearest rivals on table 10. The ploughmans’ supper served in the interval went down well and the chairman expressed his thanks to those members of the committee who worked hard both in the kitchen and behind the bar to make sure the evening was a success.
The next Lophams’ Society event is the Christmas Get-Together on the evening of Friday 16th December and is free to all residents of North and South Lopham.
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Diss U3A October 2016 “The Broads Authority – Its History and Future” by Nick Sanderson
Nick Sanderson is the Education Officer for the Norfolk Broads. He has previously worked for Suffolk Wildlife Trust and teaching about wildlife and conservation is his passion.
The next meeting of Diss U3A will be on Thursday 3rd November 10.30 am in the United Reform Church, Diss. The guest speaker will be Tony Diamond whose talk will be: The Six Wives of Henry VIII. Refreshments will be served before the meeting.
For further information on Diss U3A please visit the website: www.dissu3a.org.uk
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October / November 2016 “Cock Crow”
The October / November 2016 edition of “Cock Crow”, the newsletter of the Upper Waveney Benefice is available to download here. (Opens in PDF format).
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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting 1 September 2016
Minutes from the meeting of South Lopham Parish Council held on 1 Sept 2016 at Valley Farm, Low Common, South Lopham can be downloaded in PDF format here (documents will open in a new window):
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Lophams’ News September 2016
The September 2016 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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Agenda of Parish Council meeting 1 Sept 2016
The Meeting of South Lopham Parish Council will be held at 7.30 pm on Thursday 1 Sept 2016 at Valley Farm, Low Meadow, South Lopham.
Agenda in PDF Format (opens in new window).
Minutes of previous meeting & AGM in PDF Format (opens in new window).
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August / September 2016 “Cock Crow”
The August / September 2016 edition of “Cock Crow”, the newsletter of the Upper Waveney Benefice is available to download here. (Opens in PDF format).
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Lophams’ News August 2016
The August 2016 edition of the Lophams’ News has been published and uploaded to the website. Click here to view it (Adobe PDF format opens in new window).
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Minutes of Parish Council Meeting 7 July 2016
Minutes from the meeting of South Lopham Parish Council held on 7 July 2016 at Valley Farm, Low Common, South Lopham can be downloaded in PDF format here (documents will open in a new window):
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Lophams Society Summer Musical Evening CANCELLED
Regrettably due to a number of unforseen circumstances the Musical Evening planned for the 9th July has had to be CANCELLED. Sincere apologies to all those people who were looking forward to joining us and we now look forward to seeing everyone at our next event which will be the Autumn Quiz on the 14th October.
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Norfolk County Council Total Transport Survey
Norfolk County Council are conducting a survey in Breckland and South Norfolk as part of their Total Transport project to find out more about how local people travel, why they might struggle to travel, and how they access travel information.
If you live in either of these areas and would like to have your say, please use the link provided – http://tinyurl.com/TotalTransport – to complete the online survey. The online survey closes on Sunday 10 July.
Thank you very much – we look forward to hearing from you.
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Agenda of Parish Council Meeting 7 July 2016
The Meeting of South Lopham Parish Council will be held at 7.30 pm on Thursday 7 July 2016 at Valley Farm, Low Meadow, South Lopham.
Agenda in PDF Format (opens in new window).
Minutes of previous meeting & AGM in PDF Format (opens in new window).
