Details of Surface Dressing Works

Please see the link below for details of the new small electrical collection service being provided by SNDC

Small Electrical Collection Service

It has been reported by members of the Parish, that someone is not clearing up their dogs poo.

PLEASE keep our children and ALL users of the Deopham Playing Field safe from harm by clearing up after your dogs.

If this continues, it may be necessary to ban dogs altogether.

Thank you for your understanding on this serious issue.

Did you know that Norfolk’s skies are renowned for their beauty – both day and night.

The dark skies and dark landscapes of our beautiful county are among the least light polluted in the whole of England.  This makes them important to the character of our county, so they deserve greater protection.

We need to remember that with levels of development increasing and people worrying about protecting their properties additional lighting sources threaten large areas of our countryside that are, at the moment, dark, rural and tranquil.

CAN I HELP?

The answer is a simple Yes – just take a look at the leaflet produced by the CPRE on this link:

https://www.cpre.org.uk/norfolk/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2021/01/CPRE-Norfolk-Reducing-Light-Pollution-Leaflet.pdf#:~:text=A%20key%20document%20in%20Norfolk,as%20a%20Rural%20Dark%20Landscape

It tells you all about the impact of light pollution and the benefits of reducing it. 

Let’s all do our small part to keep Norfolk the beautiful county it is, especially at night.

Following a bid to the National Lottery Community Fund the Parish Council have been awarded a grant of just over £8,000 to provide a car parking area at Deopham Playing Field. This will be from the roadside to the farm gate at the entrance to the field and will save vehicles needing to park in a wet, muddy area and, at times, getting their cars stuck in the mud. Together with the grant awarded late last year by South Norfolk’s Community Action Fund for a mound slide for the playground the Council is hoping to start work soon at the Playing Field. The car parking area will be done first with the earth removed from the area being utilised for the mound on which to put the mound slide.

We will update once we know a start date for the works on the car parking area.

NB: THESE WORKS HAVE NOW BEEN CANCELLED

Please find below link to a road closure notice for 21-23 January 2026

TRO Pye Lane/Vicarage Road January 2026

The Precept amount for 2026/2027 will be £11,262.  The amount payable by a Band D equivalent property will be £50.96 an increase of £1 on the 2025/2026 amount equating to less than 2 pence per week.  The Parish Council were minded of the current economic environment and the cost of living so kept its increase to the minimum possible at 2% – significantly less than many other Councils.

We will continue to strive to succeed with grant applications and fund-raising endeavours to ensure the play park and associated car park area can be completed as soon as possible.

Details of pharmacies that are open Christmas Day and Boxing Day including their opening hours can be found on the link below:

Christmas Pharmacy details