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New Order re clearing up after your dog
Public Notice
A Public Spaces Protection Order has been implemented across the whole of Broadland District requiring those in charge of dogs to clear up after them on all land open to the public.
The order is in effect as of 1st March 2019.
The Order applies to the following land:
All roads and highways
Public footpaths and verges
Woodland
Heath
Sports and recreations grounds
Parks and public open spaces
Agricultural land and common land (unless the land owner has expressed permission to the contrary)
The maximum penalty for failing to comply with the order is £1,000 and the fixed penalty notice is £100.
A copy of the order can be viewed via the Council’s website: www.broadland.gov.uk. Please telephone the Environmental Health Department on 01603 430488 for queries relating to any aspect of the Order. Email: environ.protection@broadland.gov.uk
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Beighton’s No Cold Calling Zones
Some parts of Beighton are now No Cold Calling Zones. Norfolk County Council Trading Standards have put up signs at all entrances to the relevant roads.
Hopefully you have received a welcome pack from Norfolk County Council which explains that the Zone is to discourage cold callers from calling uninvited at your door. Obviously the decision to accept cold callers is yours to make but, for many people, they are unwelcome and for a few they can be distressing.
There have been a few reports recently of salesmen calling at homes in the village, uninvited. They have said that they didn’t know about the Zone but then are believed to have called at more houses.
If this happens to you, please make a note of the company they claim to be working for, and phone Citizens Advice on 03454 04 05 06. This information will then be sent out to parish clerks in the area and to those who have signed up to alerts about scams and cold calling from: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/business/trading-standards/scams
There is no law preventing cold calling. However, by law, you have 14 days to cancel contracts signed at home or at your place of work for works costing more than £42. The trader must give you a cancellation notice, allowing a 14-day cooling off period. It’s a criminal offence if they don’t do this and Trading Standards may be able to take enforcement action.
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Budget for the year to 31.3.2020
At the meeting on 13th November 2018 the councillors decided to increase the precept to £6,993. This works out as an increase of 5.3% and represents a total charge of about £40.66 for the year for an average Band D home, depending on the number of homes subject to council tax at the relevant date. The precept is collected by Broadland District Council as part of the council tax bill.