Claxton Village, Norfolk

  • High-Speed Broadband here at last

    A few residents will already have been in touch with providers and one or two have already had high-speed internet services connected following the successful installation before Christmas.

    Two of the promised 3 roadside cabinets are now operational.  No 6 is just the other side of the Parish boundary in Ashby St Mary, at the junction of Chapel Road and Chapel Lane.  That serves the houses on Folly Lane.

    No 7 is a little way down Folly Lane from its junction with The Street and serves the majority of the village.  Because the links from the Thurton exchange to the cabinet are now fibre-optic, the signal emerging from the cabinet is much stronger.  Though designed to meet the needs of households up to just short of the Manor, in practice residents on Claxton Corner (and even some way up Church Lane) will be able to get higher speeds, though the installation later this year of the third cabinet (No 8) should improve the speed at that end of the village dramatically.

    The easiest way to check whether you are covered by either of the two cabinets which are live is to use this link BT Checker.  The best way to search is by entering your telephone number and pressing Submit.

    You should then get a chart something like the one below which your Site Manager got when using his own number.  If high-speed broadband is available you will have entries labelled VDSL as shown below inside the red circle.  In this case BT are saying I can get speeds of up to 80Mps, which is around 20 times my current speed.  ADSL identifies much slower copper based broadband.

    This improved service does not come without extra cost however.  You will need to either negotiate with your current provider or use one of the comparison sites to see which companies offer such services in Claxton, and at what price.

  • Social Club events in 2019

    The following is the current schedule of events at the Social Club for this year.

  • 2019 Elections Candidate Contact Form

    The 2019 Elections Candidate Contact Form can be downloaded by click on the link below.  The contact form needs to be submitted with the nomination pack so that candidates may be contacted quickly if required regarding the election issues such as nominations, submissions etc.

    Candidate Contact Information Sheet May 2019

  • 2019 Elections Nomination Pack

    The 2019 Elections Nomination Pack can be downloaded by clicking on the link below.

    Parish Nomination pack incl election agent notification form P and C

  • 2019 Election Timetable

    The 2019 Election Timetable can be read below.  The document is 4 pages.  Simply click in the bottom left hand corner to read the other pages.  If you would like to download the document, click here.

    Election-timetable-LGEW-scheduled-elctions

  • Minutes of Parish Council Meeting on 9 January 2019

    Minutes January 2019

  • Revised Village Hall Governing Document

    At their meeting on 17 January the Trustees considered some changes to their Governing Document, which had last been updated 2 years previously.  The latest version can be read here.  It is 4 pages long.  Just click on the down arrow at the bottom left to go to the next page.Claxton Village Hall Charity Governing Document 2019 revision V3_compressed

  • South Yare Wildlife Group – learn more about how we can help bees in our area

    The South Yare Wildlife Group would like to give you the opportunity of learning more about how we can help bees and other pollinating insects in our area.

    More details can be found below and also on the following poster.b-line Jan 2019 article
    buglife March talk poster

  • 2019 Elections

    South Norfolk Council have set up the webpages for the May 2019 Elections at https://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/residents/elections-and-registration/current-elections.

    The website will be updated as we progress towards the May Elections.  Please note the nomination packs will be changing prior to the May elections, and this will be confirmed on the webpage when they have been updated.

    A candidate briefing will be provided on the 11 February 2019 at 6.30pm in the Council Chamber at South Norfolk Council Offices, Cygnet Court, Long Stratton, to book a space please email the [email protected] by 30 January 2019, confirming what capacity you will be standing either as a District and/or Parish candidate at the Elections in May 2019.

    Please note we will be publishing all the information in the candidates’ briefing on the website, should you prefer not to attend.

  • Norwich Western Link Options Consultation reminder

    For us, 2019 has continued where 2018 left off with our public consultation on our Norwich Western Link shortlisted options remaining open. However, the consultation will close at midnight on Friday 18 January so I wanted to remind you that you only have two weeks left in which to give us your views.

    Norfolk County Council wants to create a Norwich Western Link to improve travel between the A47 and the western end of Broadland Northway (formerly the Northern Distributor Road) and to tackle transport problems in the area. We launched our consultation on Monday 26 November 2018 and have had a good level of response so far, but we hope to get many more responses through as the closing date approaches.

    If you haven’t already done so, I would like to encourage you to respond to the consultation. It’s very important to us that we understand any preferences, concerns or priorities you want us to take into account when we are identifying a preferred route for the Norwich Western Link in spring 2019. This is also an opportunity to tell us about any relevant information that you think we should consider before we carry out more detailed work on the preferred route alignment.

    You can find out more about the options online via www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl. Once you have looked through this information, there are a number of ways you can respond to the consultation. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation or in an official capacity, we would encourage you to send your response in writing, as follows:

    • by email to [email protected]
    • by post to Norwich Western Link, Infrastructure Delivery Team, Norfolk County Council, County Hall, Floor 2, Martineau Lane, Norwich, NR1 2DH

    You can also respond by completing our consultation questionnaire via www.norfolk.gov.uk/nwl or in person at one of our remaining consultation events. A list of these events is below and all the events will be run between 2 and 8pm:

    • Tuesday 8 January at Aylsham Town Hall
    • Thursday 10 January at Diamond Jubilee Lodge, Hellesdon
    • Friday 11 January at Great Witchingham Village Hall
    • Monday 14 January at The Costessey Centre
    • Tuesday 15 January at Dereham Memorial Hall
    • Wednesday 16 January at Honingham Village Hall

    If you have any questions that are not answered by the information we have made available, please let us know using the email and postal address provided above or in person at one of our consultation events.

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