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North 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.
North Norfolk District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of NFK. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Norfolk County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by North Norfolk for 2026–27: £178.65 of a £2,459.93 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area 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: 1 opened (1 academy converter), 1 closed (1 academy converter)
- Ludham Primary School and Nursery (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
- Ludham Primary School and Nursery (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£2.7 million |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £3.5 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.4 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £8.9 million |
| Planning and development services | £4.2 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £6.3 million |
| Other services | −£124,000 |
| Total service expenditure | £22.4 million |
Life in North Norfolk: the official facts
- People living here
- 103,708 people
- Typical age
- 56 years
- Money to live on, per person, per year
- £26,142
- Typical weekly pay, before tax
- £547
- Children growing up in poverty
- 29.6%
- People claiming unemployment-related benefits
- 2.6%
- Average price of a home
- £286,315
- How many years of pay a home costs
- 8.7 times yearly pay
- Greenhouse gases, per person
- 6.7 tonnes per person
- Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
- 54.5%
- Public chargers for electric cars
- 224.8 per 100,000 people
- Businesses trading here
- 3,920 businesses
Who runs the council
40 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, with a majority.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 26, Conservative and Unionist 11, Independent / Other 3.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 40 councillors, by ward
- Pauline Porter (Conservative and Unionist) — Bacton
- Kim Toye (Liberal Democrats) — Beeston Regis & The Runtons
- Andrew Fletcher (Liberal Democrats) — Briston
- Victoria Holliday (Conservative and Unionist) — Coastal
- Jill Boyle (Liberal Democrats) — Cromer Town
- Tim Adams (Liberal Democrats) — Cromer Town
- John Toye (Liberal Democrats) — Erpingham
- Callum Ringer (Liberal Democrats) — Gresham
- Luke Paterson (Independent / Other) — Happisburgh
- Harry Blathwayt (Liberal Democrats) — Hickling
- Connor Rouse (Liberal Democrats) — Holt
- Martin Batey (Liberal Democrats) — Holt
- Gerard Mancini-Boyle (Conservative and Unionist) — Hoveton & Tunstead
- Nigel Dixon (Conservative and Unionist) — Hoveton & Tunstead
- Christopher Cushing (Conservative and Unionist) — Lancaster North
- Jeremy Punchard (Independent / Other) — Lancaster South
- Liz Vickers (Conservative and Unionist) — Lancaster South
- Wendy Fredericks (Liberal Democrats) — Mundesley
- Kate Leith (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham East
- Paul Heinrich (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham East
- Mal Gray (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham Market Cross
- Don Birch (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham West
- Lucy Shires (Liberal Democrats) — North Walsham West
- Angie Fitch-Tillett (Conservative and Unionist) — Poppyland
- Sarah Bütikofer (Liberal Democrats) — Priory
- Roy Macdonald (Liberal Democrats) — Roughton
- Liz Withington (Liberal Democrats) — Sheringham North
- Colin Heinink (Liberal Democrats) — Sheringham South
- Philip Bailey (Liberal Democrats) — Sheringham South
- Adam Varley (Liberal Democrats) — St Benet's
- Kevin Bayes (Conservative and Unionist) — Stalham
- Matthew Taylor (Conservative and Unionist) — Stalham
- Mike Hankins (Liberal Democrats) — Stibbard
- Andrew Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Stody
- Emma Tooke (Liberal Democrats) — Suffield Park
- Nigel Housden (Independent / Other) — The Raynhams
- Peter Neatherway (Conservative and Unionist) — Trunch
- Tom FitzPatrick (Conservative and Unionist) — Walsingham
- Peter Fisher (Liberal Democrats) — Wells with Holkham
- Saul Penfold (Liberal Democrats) — Worstead