COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE REVIEW – PROPOSED BOUNDARY CHANGE BETWEEN WIVETON PARISH (CO8) AND BLAKENEY PARISH (CO1)

WIVETON PARISH BOUNDARY REVIEW

WIVETON PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS

Wiveton Parish Council considered this at its meeting on Wednesday 21st April and wishes to make the following observations.

It regrets the loss of the land and property proposed in this review by moving the Wiveton boundary towards the east.

There are a number of features which have been historically part of Wiveton e.g. part of the Friary Farm estate including the National Trust Offices. This includes Blakeney Lodge and Blakeney windmill. The latter has been colloquially known as the Wiveton windmill, as it is in the parish of Wiveton.

The Parish Council is concerned about the loss of income to the Parish Council. It has two choices. It would need to increase the Precept demand to the rest of properties in the Parish to maintain the same level of resources. The other option is to reduce the Precept demand so to keep the Parish costs to Wiveton residents the same.

If this is to be the case, we would therefore ask whether NNDC is able to provide some compensation/recompense for this loss. Is there is some provision in the enabling legislation that would allow NNDC to ‘compensate’ Parishes for their losses?

The Parish Council has strong policies to protect the local environment from inappropriate development given the wider policies to safeguard the North Norfolk Coast including those of NNDC. We have applied this to the area of land/property that is being proposed for removal from the Parish. We would seek an assurance that Wiveton Parish Council is consulted on any future planning application on the land/property being removed from but still adjoining our Parish