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South 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.

South 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. ONS code E07000149.

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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 South Norfolk for 2026–27: £180.14 of a £2,482.87 total bill in the area. 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 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: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 2 closed (2 academy converter)

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
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

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

South Norfolk: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	none budgeted
Highways and transport services	£91,000
Children's social care	none budgeted
Adult social care	£369,000
Public health	none budgeted
Housing services (general fund only)	£3.8 million
Cultural and related services	£3.0 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£8.4 million
Planning and development services	£2.9 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£3.8 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£22.3 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).

South Norfolk in numbers

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

Total population: 148,448 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 46 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £25,437 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £635 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 17.7% 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: 2.2% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £311,587 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 7.7 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.9 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 71.7% 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: 131.4 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: 5,575 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

46 seats in 2026. Run by: Conservatives, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 23, Labour Party 9, Liberal Democrats 9, Independent / Other 4, Green Party (E&W) 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 46 councillors, by ward

Clayton Hudson (Independent / Other) — Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole
Delme Thompson (Conservative and Unionist) — Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole
James Easter (Conservative and Unionist) — Bressingham & Burston
Lord Fuller (Conservative and Unionist) — Brooke
Suzanne Wateridge (Green Party (E&W)) — Bunwell
Jonathan Purle (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Wymondham
Robert Savage (Conservative and Unionist) — Central Wymondham
Daniel Elmer (Conservative and Unionist) — Cringleford
Deborah Sacks (Labour Party) — Cringleford
Graham Minshull (Conservative and Unionist) — Diss & Roydon
Keith Kiddie (Conservative and Unionist) — Diss & Roydon
Kieran Murphy (Conservative and Unionist) — Diss & Roydon
Brendon Bernard (Liberal Democrats) — Ditchingham & Earsham
Chris Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Ditchingham & Earsham
Margaret Dewsbury (Conservative and Unionist) — Easton
Kim Carsok (Conservative and Unionist) — Forncett
James Eddy (Labour Party) — Harleston
Trevor Graham (Conservative and Unionist) — Harleston
Martyn Hooton (Conservative and Unionist) — Hempnall
David Bills (Conservative and Unionist) — Hethersett
John Morland (Labour Party) — Hethersett
Kathryn Cross (Conservative and Unionist) — Hethersett
Josh Woolliscroft (Conservative and Unionist) — Hingham & Deopham
Jeremy Rowe (Labour Party) — Loddon & Chedgrave
Kay Billig (Conservative and Unionist) — Loddon & Chedgrave
Bob McClenning (Liberal Democrats) — Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross
Ian Spratt (Liberal Democrats) — Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross
Jim Webber (Liberal Democrats) — Mulbarton & Stoke Holy Cross
Gary Blundell (Independent / Other) — New Costessey
Jenny McCloskey (Labour Party) — New Costessey
John Cook (Independent / Other) — Newton Flotman
Dave Roberts (Liberal Democrats) — North Wymondham
Michael Rosen (Labour Party) — North Wymondham
Justin Cork (Labour Party) — Old Costessey
Sharon Blundell (Independent / Other) — Old Costessey
Terry Laidlaw (Liberal Democrats) — Old Costessey
John Overton (Conservative and Unionist) — Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse
Lisa Overton-Neal (Conservative and Unionist) — Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse
Nicola Fowler (Labour Party) — Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse
Vic Thomson (Conservative and Unionist) — Rockland
Carmina McConnell (Liberal Democrats) — South Wymondham
Suzanne Nuri-Nixon (Liberal Democrats) — South Wymondham
Georgina Race (Labour Party) — Stratton
Jonathan Carver (Conservative and Unionist) — Stratton
Andrew Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Thurlton
Richard Elliott (Conservative and Unionist) — Wicklewood

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.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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