Latest news with #SouthNorfolkCouncil
BBC News
2 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Protesters gather outside Norfolk hotel used by asylum seekers
Protesters have gathered outside a hotel housing asylum-seeking families after the Home Office planned to change the occupants to single adult 60 people shouting "we want our country back" gathered on the opposite side of the road to the hotel in Diss, Norfolk, just after 17:30 (BST).They were met by about 30 counter-protesters holding signs that read "refugees welcome".South Norfolk Council said it opposed changing the use of the hotel, which it learned about in a brief email from Whitehall last week. Both the Home Office and Norfolk Police were approached for comment. At one point, the larger group crossed the road and confronted the counter-protesters, who were standing near police a speaker system, a man asked the counter-protesters questions, such as why they felt migrants should be housed in the refugee-supporting group left their spot outside the hotel to continue their demonstration other protesters then crossed the road, growing in number to about 100 people, before delivering speeches and chanting "send them home" outside the hotel's locked gates. South Norfolk Council argued the families currently living at the South Norfolk hotel had become part of the local community, and replacing them with single men could reignite tensions and cause unrest similar to that seen in other was reported by BBC News in June that 32,000 asylum seekers were living in hotels across the about the planned changes, Adrian Ramsay MP for Waveney Valley said, "the sudden uprooting of families" was "deeply concerning". "Many of these families have been here for two years, becoming part of our community with their children going to local schools," he said."I understand that families are being told they must leave next week, yet they have not been given any information about where they will be going next. "I am shocked and angered that any group of people would be treated like this. To uproot them in such a way is wrong." Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Service station expansion expected to get go-ahead
Plans to double the size of a service station look likely to be approved. Gillingham Services, in south Norfolk near Beccles, could expand if South Norfolk Council's planning committee offers the green light to the scheme on Wednesday. Council officers have recommended it is given the go-ahead. The bid would see a new Marks and Spencer's shop and a Greggs drive-through built. The current services, off the roundabout between the A146 and A143 Norwich Road close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border, include a petrol station, McDonald's, KFC and Starbucks. The council has received dozens of objections from locals with concerns, including fears about increased noise and light pollution, as well as heavy traffic in the area. The proposed development includes a farm shop, electric vehicle charging hub, and six other trade units in addition to Marks and Spencer's and Greggs. The plans also include a battery energy storage system (BESS) but few details are known about its design and scale at this stage. It is expected that the development will create around 115 full-time jobs. In a report to councillors, officers acknowledged concerns, but said the development would provide "overriding" economic and social benefits. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Local Democracy Reporting Service South Norfolk Council
BBC News
31-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Norfolk service station expansion expected to get go-ahead
Plans to double the size of a service station look likely to be Services, in south Norfolk near Beccles, could expand if South Norfolk Council's planning committee offers the green light to the scheme on officers have recommended it is given the bid would see a new Marks and Spencer's shop and a Greggs drive-through built. The current services, off the roundabout between the A146 and A143 Norwich Road close to the Norfolk-Suffolk border, include a petrol station, McDonald's, KFC and council has received dozens of objections from locals with concerns, including fears about increased noise and light pollution, as well as heavy traffic in the proposed development includes a farm shop, electric vehicle charging hub, and six other trade units in addition to Marks and Spencer's and plans also include a battery energy storage system (BESS) but few details are known about its design and scale at this is expected that the development will create around 115 full-time a report to councillors, officers acknowledged concerns, but said the development would provide "overriding" economic and social benefits. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
10-02-2025
- General
- BBC News
Caister St Edmund country park and homes plan edges forward
Controversial plans for 180 new homes, a new school and country park on the outskirts of a city have taken a major step development in Caistor St Edmund, near Norwich, has been in the pipeline for more than three years and prompted strong opposition from the dropping of a key objection from Norfolk County Council has made it more likely it will now get the green opposed to the development have criticised the U-turn as "bizarre" and are lodging fresh appeals with South Norfolk Council to take account of their concerns. The development included a 420-place primary school, a new village hall and a 63-acre country park – roughly equivalent to 126 football locals believed the scheme, which would be built on land to the north of Caistor Lane, will increase strain on local services and heap pressure on roads in the highways department at Norfolk County Council had previously shared this view and repeatedly objected to the development stating it would "likely give rise to conditions detrimental to highway safety".The dropping of this objection after receiving more information from the developers in recent months, including details about emergency access to the site, has come as a huge shock to some believed the new evidence still does not demonstrate Caistor Lane could sustain huge increases in fresh objections lodged with South Norfolk Council claimed "fundamental risks" to public safety had been overlooked and urged highways officials at County Hall to revisit the Norfolk Council has received more than 200 official objections from local people over the course of the last few years and an action group has been formed in opposition to the highly controversial application remains under consideration by South Norfolk Council's planning contains the remains of the Roman market town of Venta Icenorum, although the proposed development is at the opposite end of the village, on land north of Caistor Lane close to Framingham Earl and Arminghall. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
BBC News
09-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Norfolk councils to increase cost of brown bin collection
Some gardeners say they are planning boycotts of brown bins due to an increased cost for the Council and South Norfolk Council are proposing to raise the cost of their garden waste collection service by £3. The yearly subscription fee would go up to £70, which the local authorities say is due to higher fuel prices and the costs of buying new vehicles. The proposals are due to be voted on in the coming weeks as part of the councils' budget-setting process for 2025-26. 'Too big' The two district councils supply households with a brown bin which is collected Nurden, Conservative councillor at Broadland, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: "I have a number of residents who have come to me and said they are going to stop paying for the service because of the increases."It's just becoming exponentially too big."The two councils share most of their services but remain politically is run by a Liberal Democrat-led coalition, while South Norfolk is run by the officers stressed the new bin charges were calculated to cover the cost of the service and not to make a profit. They added there had been a continual growth in the number of people subscribing to garden waste collections. Last week, Ipswich Borough Council became the last local authority in Suffolk to introduce a charge for what had previously been a free brown bin collection service. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
