Norton Subcourse Parish Council

  • Norton Subcourse Parish Council

    Norton Subcourse Parish Council serves the community of Norton Subcourse, a rural village to the south of the River Yare in South Norfolk.  The parish covers an area of 905 hectares and has a population of just over 300.

    The parish council meets every two months (January, March, May, July, September and November) usually on the third Wednesday of the month, but please check the website to confirm this, as dates may vary.  Meetings commence at 7.15pm and are held in the Methodist Chapel in The Street.  Members of the public are always welcome to attend.

  • Cllr Sylvia Frost

     

     

    Cllr Sylvia Frost has lived in New Road, Norton Subcourse for 13 years.  Her family has run a motor engineering and scrap recycling business in the village for more than 40 years, for which she is secretary.

    In her spare time Sylvia enjoys gardening, socialising and taking long walks in the local countryside with her dogs.

  • Community Infrastructure Levy

    The Community Infrastructure levy (CIL) was introduced to help pay for infrastructure
    needed to support growth in both the Broadland and South Norfolk Districts and to
    encourage local communities to assimilate new development into their area. To
    assist in achieving this, the District Councils are required to pass on a proportion of
    the CIL funds collected to local Parish / Town Councils where development is taking
    place. The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is applicable to most new
    developments.
    All Parish and Town Councils receive a minimum of 15% of CIL funds raised from
    development within their area.

    Below is the latest CIL Income and Expenditure Report for Norton Subcourse parish council:

    CIL Income & Expenditure sheet 2025-26

  • Parish Council Privacy Policy

    Background

    This Privacy Policy lets you know what happens to any personal data that you give us, or any that we may collect from or about you.

    What is personal data?

    Personal data is any information about a living individual, which allows them to be identified from that data (for example a name, photograph, video, email address or address). Identification can be by the personal data alone or in conjunction with any other personal data. The processing of personal data is governed by legislation relating to personal data, which applies in the United Kingdom including the General

    Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other local legislation relating to personal data and rights such as the Human Rights Act.

    Who are we?

    This Privacy Policy is provided to you by Norton Subcourse Parish Council, which is the

    Data Controller for your data. The Council’s address is:

    Parish Council Clerk’s Office

    26 Loddon Road

    Norton Subcourse

    Norwich

    NR14 6RT

    Other Data Controllers who the Parish Council work with include:

    • Norfolk County Council

    • South Norfolk District Council

    • Community groups

    • Other not for profit entities

    • Contractors

     

    What kind of personal information do we process?

    Personal information we process includes:

    • Personal and contact details e.g. title, name, address, telephone numbers and email addresses

    • Copies of correspondence between you and the Council in respect of services you receive from us

    • Copies of correspondence, contracts and invoices in respect of goods and services you provide to us

     

    How will the Council comply with Data Protection legislation?

    Legislation states that the personal data we hold about you must be:

    • Used lawfully, fairly and in a transparent way

    • Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way that is incompatible with those purposes

    • Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes

    • Accurate and kept up to date

    • Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about

    • Kept and destroyed securely including ensuring that appropriate technical and security measures are in place to protect your personal data to protect personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure

     

    What will we use your personal data for?

    We use your personal data for some or all of the following purposes:

    • To deliver public services that you request and to understand what we can do for you and inform you of other relevant services

    • To enable us to meet all legal and statutory obligations and powers including any delegated functions

    • To maintain our own accounts and records and to monitor and record our communications with you and our staff

    • To process relevant financial transactions including grants and payments for goods and services supplied to the Council

    • To assess job applications or to manage existing staff employment

    • To assess applications for the role of Parish Councillor

     

    What is the legal basis for processing your personal data?

    The Council is a public authority and has certain powers and duties. Most of your personal data is processed for compliance with a legal obligation which includes the discharge of the Council’s statutory functions and powers. Sometimes, when exercising these powers or duties it is necessary to process personal data of residents or people using the Council’s services. We will always take into account your interests and rights. This Privacy Policy sets out your rights and the Council’s obligations to you.

    We may also process personal data if it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, or to take steps to enter into a contract.

    Sometimes the use of your personal data requires your consent. We will first obtain your consent to that use.

     

    Sharing your personal data?

    This section of the Privacy Policy provides information about the third parties with whom the Council will share your personal data. These third parties have an obligation to put in place appropriate security measures and will be responsible to you directly for the manner in which they process and protect your personal data. It is likely that we will need to share your data with some or all of the following (but only where necessary):

    • The Data Controllers listed above under the heading ‘Who Are We?’

    • Our agents, suppliers and contractors e.g. our email hosting and document storage provider

    • On occasion, other local authorities or not for profit bodies with which we are carrying out joint ventures e.g. in relation to facilities or litter picks in the community

    • Our bank (in order to make payments to you)

    • Our auditors

    How long do we keep your personal data?

    We will keep some records permanently if we are legally required to do so. We may keep some other records for an extended period of time e.g. it is best practice to keep financial records for a minimum period of 6 years to support HMRC audits or provide tax information.

    In general, we will endeavour to keep data only for as long as we need it. This means that we will delete it when it is no longer needed.

    What are your rights?

    You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

    • The right to access personal data we hold on you – at any point you can contact us to request the personal data we hold on you as well as why we have that personal data, who has access to the personal data and where we obtained the personal data from. Once we have received your request we will respond within one month. There are no fees or charges for the first request but additional requests for the same personal data or requests which are manifestly unfounded or excessive may be subject to an administrative fee.

    • The right to correct and update the personal data we hold on you – if the data we hold on you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you can inform us and your data will be updated.

    • The right to have your personal data erased – if you feel that we should no longer be using your personal data or that we are unlawfully using your personal data, you can request that we erase the personal data we hold.

    When we receive your request we will confirm whether the personal data has been deleted or the reason why it cannot be deleted e.g. because we need it to comply with a legal obligation.

    • The right to object to processing of your personal data or to restrict it to certain purposes only – you have the right to request that we stop processing your personal data or ask us to restrict processing. Upon receiving the request we will contact you and let you know if we are able to comply or if we have a legal obligation to continue to process your data.

    • The right to data portability – you have the right to request that we transfer some of your data to another controller. We will comply with your request, where it is feasible to do so, within one month of receiving your request.

    • The right to withdraw your consent to the processing at any time for any processing of data to which consent was obtained – you can withdraw your consent easily be telephone, email or by post (see contact details below).

    • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office –

    you can contact the Information Commissioners Office on 0303 123 1113 or

    via email https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/email/ or at the Information

    Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9

    5AF.

    When exercising any of your rights, in order to process your request, we may need to verify your identity for your security. In such cases we will need you to respond with proof of your identity before you can exercise these rights.

     

    Will any of my personal data be transferred outside of the UK?

    We are based in the UK but sometimes your personal information may be transferred out of the UK e.g. our website is accessible from overseas so on occasion some personal data may be accessed from overseas.

     

    Further processing

    If we wish to use your personal data for a new purpose, not covered by this Privacy Policy, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions. Where and whenever necessary, we will seek your prior consent to the new processing.

     

    Changes to this Privacy Policy

    We will keep this Privacy Policy under regular review and we will place any

    updates on our website, which can be found at

    nortonsubcourse-pc.gov.uk 

     

    Contact details

    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the personal data we hold about you or to exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints please contact:

    The Data Controller

    Norton Subcourse Parish Council

    Parish Council Clerk’s Office

    26 Loddon Road

    Norton Subcourse

    Norwich

    NR14 6RT

    Email: clerk@nortonsubcourse-pc.gov.uk

    Tel: 01508 548709

  • Electors Rights

    Notice of Public Rights 2025-26

  • Cllr Jemma-Anne Stimpson

    Cllr Jemma-Anne Stimpson moved to Nogdam End in September 2020 with her husband and two children. The family loves the area and enjoy walking with their dogs and going out on bike rides.

    Jemma-Anne works at Loddon Primary School as a Midday Supervisor Assistant and is also self employed looking after two horses.
    In her spare time, Jemma-Anne do enjoys needle crafting such as knitting, crochet and cross stitch. She also loves going horse riding with her daughter.

  • Contact Details for Councillors

     

    Mike Hedley (Chairman) 07814 004197

    Andrew Wright 01508 548553

    Damian Hagarty 01508 548500

    Garry Holmes 07850 985577

    Rob Smith 07900 281290

    Jemma-Anne Stimpson 07761 888388

    Sylvia Frost 07553 323735

     

    Parish Clerk:

    Christine Smith

    26 Loddon Road, Norton Subcourse         07796 551207

    Email:

    clerk@nortonsubcourse-pc.gov.uk

     

    Website:

    nortonsubcourse-pc.gov.uk

     

    County Councillor:

    George Boyd                george.boyd.cllr@norfolk.gov.uk

     

    District Councillors:

    Kay Mason Billig         07545 905410

    Jeremy Rowe                07932 970718

  • New Community Bench

    On 15th April, in very heavy rain, members of the parish council and the team from BAM Nuttall Ltd. attended the inauguration of a new community bench, which has generously been donated to the village by BAM Nuttall Ltd., who are currently carrying out extensive work at Norton Mill to improve drainage on the marsh.

    BAM Nuttall Ltd. agent Chris Verghese cut the ribbon to officially hand over the bench to the parish council.


    Following consultation with parishioners, the chosen site for the bench is on the corner of Loddon Road and New Road, adjacent to the village sign.  The position of the bench allows people using it the opportunity to take in the view of the parish church.

  • Cllr Garry Holmes

    Garry has lived on Low Road since 2012 and is involved in his family’s building business in Great Yarmouth.  He is a sponsor and committee member at Norton Athletic Football Club and supports the team at matches when he can.

    When not working, Garry is interested in restoring classic cars and enjoys motorcycle touring – he admits to being a total petrol head!  He also enjoys socialising with family and friends.

  • Cllr Rob Smith

    Rob has lived in Norton Subcourse since 2015 and worked in the area for over 30 years.  He owns a company in St. Olaves which restores and maintains wooden boats.

    Rob’s hobbies include cycling, walking and gardening.  He has an interest in all local issues associated with the countryside and environment.

  • Election 4th May 2023 – Results

    Rob Smith was co-opted at a meeting on 19th July 2023 to fill the casual vacancy created by one of the successful election candidates declining to accept the position.