Boughton Parish Council

Boughton, as usual at this time of year there are those that would seek to scam you, in addition to the failed delivery texts and online offers that are too good to be true aimed at the vulnerable and those who are busy and act without checking, there is a white truck doing the rounds locally offering to sell pre-washed gravel, the man is persistent. As with the texts and online scams where you are recommended to ‘take 5’ and think before acting it is recommended you don’t open the door to engage with these characters, unless you were desperately in need of gravel for Christmas?

Take care and have a wonderful Christmas.

SAM 2 Report for Week All: 2023-08-25 to 2023-10-25
SAM 2 Located at Mill Hill Road – West Facing – Mind the Ducks
Number of vehicles: 16500 over 59 days
Average speed of all vehicles: 24.1mph
Maximum speed recorded: 42mph
Maximum speed of 42mph seen at:
Mon 02/10/2023, 13:20:00
Wed 11/10/2023, 05:05:00
Thu 12/10/2023, 05:05:00
Thu 19/10/2023, 16:15:00
Percentage of vehicles over the limit on all days: 8% (1313 of 16500) over 59 days
Percentage of vehicles over the limit on weekdays: 8% (1090 of 13472) over 43 days
Percentage of vehicles over the limit on weekends: 7% (223 of 3028) over 16 days
Peak Hour: 16:00-17:00, with 1620 vehicles across 59 days
Average speed of “speeder” vehicles: 32mph
Average speed of “speeder” vehicles in the Peak Hour: 32mph
Average vehicles per day: 280 (313 on weekdays, 189 at weekends)

URGENT – MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO BOUGHTON POND
There have been reports of unauthorised digging and spraying around Boughton Pond.

If you witness this please call the council on 01366 683017.
The Green, Playground, Pond and Fen are the sole responsibility of the Parish Council, one it takes seriously.
The Environment Agency direct us in the maintenance of the pond and that work is carried out by the council through authorised volunteers or contractors. All work must be in line with the council’s policies.
Unauthorised work may lead to prosecution.

Please find below information about the Small Grants Scheme that is currently available.

The information is also published on our website here: https://www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/news/article/1511/small_grants_scheme_can_help_projects_that_aim_to_make_life_better_in_west_norfolk

The consultation for the 2024/25 Council Tax Support Scheme is now open and can be found at www.west-norfolk.gov.uk/ctsconsultation.

We want to make our scheme more generous so that we can give, not only more help, but also extend its range so that more people will be eligible.

In offering to help more households with 100% tax support we wish to ensure we take all opinions on board.   To this end it would help us if you would publicise this consultation and encourage people in your area to read the details and complete the survey.  We also would like to hear your views.

We welcome a cross section of views to enable us to make a balanced decision. We will, therefore, also readily welcome any additional comments you may have.

Kind regards

Jo

Jo Stanton (IRRV Hons), Revenues and Benefits Manager

Tel: 01553 616349