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Norfolk: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Norfolk County Council: County (upper tier), England, East of England. GOV.UK lists it as a county council. ONS code E10000020.

Council website

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Norfolk for 2026–27: £1,843.38. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 4 opened (3 academy converter, 1 result of amalgamation), 6 closed (3 academy converter, 2 result of amalgamation/merger, 1 closure)

Gayton Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Loddon Infant and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
Loddon Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 October 2025
Ludham Primary School and Nursery (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Middleton Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Thetford Grammar School — closed; reason recorded: closure, 31 August 2026
Loddon Infant and Nursery School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
Loddon Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 November 2025
Ludham Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
St Matthew's Church of England Primary Academy (primary) — open; reason recorded: result of amalgamation, 1 September 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Norfolk reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Norfolk: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£658.0 million
Highways and transport services	£47.7 million
Children's social care	£244.7 million
Adult social care	£476.6 million
Public health	£57.0 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£5.1 million
Cultural and related services	£17.2 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£59.0 million
Planning and development services	£17.8 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	£47.3 million
Central services	£19.8 million
Other services	£33.3 million
Total service expenditure	£1,683.6 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Norfolk in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 940,359 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 45 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £23,564 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £589 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 25.9% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 2.9% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £269,185 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 61.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 61.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 73.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 162.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 33,210 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

84 seats in 2026. Run by: Reform UK, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 40, Liberal Democrats 13, Green Party (E&W) 12, Great Yarmouth First 9, Conservative and Unionist 8, Independent / Other 1, Labour Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 84 councillors, by ward

Justine Thomas (Reform UK) — Acle
Daniel Piddington (Reform UK) — Attleborough
Sue Catchpole (Liberal Democrats) — Aylsham
Jan Davis (Green Party (E&W)) — Blofield & Brundall
Amber Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Bowthorpe
Michael French (Great Yarmouth First) — Breydon
Mike Conroy (Reform UK) — Catton Grove
Alexandra Kemp (Independent / Other) — Clenchwarton & King’s Lynn South
Daniel Roper (Liberal Democrats) — Coltishall & Spixworth
David Henson (Reform UK) — Costessey
Tim Day (Reform UK) — Crome
Tim Adams (Liberal Democrats) — Cromer
Alison Webb (Conservative and Unionist) — Dereham North & Scarning
Robin Hunter-Clarke (Reform UK) — Dereham South
Lee Jarvis (Reform UK) — Dersingham
Will Porteous (Green Party (E&W)) — Diss & Roydon
Julie Costley (Reform UK) — Docking
Pat Gould (Reform UK) — Downham Market
Jason Butler (Reform UK) — Drayton & Horsford
Joseph Kerrison (Reform UK) — East Depwade
Brian Watkins (Liberal Democrats) — Eaton
Paul Carr (Reform UK) — Elmham & Mattishall
Callum Ringer (Liberal Democrats) — Erpingham
Robert Jamieson (Reform UK) — Fakenham & The Raynhams
Sue Prigg (Reform UK) — Feltwell
Daniel Elmer (Conservative and Unionist) — Forehoe
Jacqueline Fry (Reform UK) — Freebridge Lynn
Robert Colwell (Liberal Democrats) — Gaywood North & Central
Rob Williams (Reform UK) — Gaywood South
Barry Gravenell (Great Yarmouth First) — Gorleston
Jacob Allen (Reform UK) — Guiltcross
Nick Taylor (Reform UK) — Hellesdon
Jim Webber (Liberal Democrats) — Henstead
Ben Weston (Labour Party) — Hethersett
Gary Douglas-Beet (Reform UK) — Hingham
Andrew Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Holt
Adam Varley (Liberal Democrats) — Hoveton
Ben Griffin (Reform UK) — King’s Lynn North & Central
Tom Ludson (Green Party (E&W)) — Lakenham
Tom Dickerson (Reform UK) — Launditch
Kay Mason Billig (Conservative and Unionist) — Loddon
Karl Catchpole (Reform UK) — Long Stratton
Jonathan Wedon (Great Yarmouth First) — Lothingland
Kevin Huggins (Great Yarmouth First) — Magdalen
Serene Sexton (Green Party (E&W)) — Mancroft
Julian Kirk (Reform UK) — Marshland North
Tina Kiddell (Reform UK) — Marshland South
Helena Wysocki (Green Party (E&W)) — Mile Cross
Mike Westman (Reform UK) — Nar & Wissey Valleys
Paul Neale (Green Party (E&W)) — Nelson
Glenn Hurren (Great Yarmouth First) — North Caister & Ormesby
Peter Lawrence (Reform UK) — North Coast
Lucy Shires (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham East
Mal Gray (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham West & Mundesley
Mark Tucker (Reform UK) — Old Catton
David Thomas (Liberal Democrats) — Reepham
Jenny Knight (Green Party (E&W)) — Sewell
Liz Withington (Liberal Democrats) — Sheringham
Daniel McGrath (Great Yarmouth First) — South Caister & Bure
Stephen Bailey (Reform UK) — Sprowston
Matthew Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Stalham
Jaden Lister (Reform UK) — Swaffham
Stuart Clancy (Conservative and Unionist) — Taverham
Scott Hussey (Reform UK) — The Brecks
Jason Hughes (Great Yarmouth First) — The Fleggs
Dee Hilton (Reform UK) — Thetford East
David Bick (Reform UK) — Thetford West
Jo Smith (Green Party (E&W)) — Thorpe Hamlet
Ian Mackie (Conservative and Unionist) — Thorpe St Andrew
Maxine Webb (Green Party (E&W)) — Town Close
Niall Adams (Green Party (E&W)) — University
Olivia Morris (Reform UK) — Watlington & The Fens
Jack White (Reform UK) — Watton
George Boyd (Reform UK) — Waveney Valley
Victoria Holliday (Conservative and Unionist) — Wells
Ben Price (Green Party (E&W)) — Wensum
Margaret Thomas (Reform UK) — West Depwade
Wendy Atkinson (Reform UK) — Woodside
Ed Matthews (Reform UK) — Wroxham
Robert Savage (Conservative and Unionist) — Wymondham
Kabeer Kher (Reform UK) — Yare & Necton
Malcolm Latarche (Reform UK) — Yare Valley
Callum Ward-Kendall (Great Yarmouth First) — Yarmouth Nelson & Southtown
Steven Grimmer (Great Yarmouth First) — Yarmouth North & Central

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

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