Needham Parish Council

The next meeting to be held at 7:30pm on 23 May will be the Annual General Meeting of Needham Parish Council.  Reports will be given on the previous year’s meetings of the Parish Council and from your District and County Councillors and on the activities of local societies and charities.

We have also invited Stephen Bett, who is the first elected Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Norfolk, to attend this meeting.  It will be an opportunity for Stephen Bett to explain the rôle of the PCC and to respond to any questions or concerns you may have about policing in this area.  As you probably know, there are elections for this post to be held on 5 May.

At previous meetings of the Parish Council some disquiet was expressed that Needham’s Beat Police Officer is no longer based in Harleston.  We have enjoyed excellent relations with the Officers from this station which is the nearest to the village.  We now fall into the area covered by the station in Diss.

An earlier invitation for a representative of the Diss station to attend a Parish Council meeting was declined.  We hope therefore that this will be an opportunity for Stephen Bett to provide assurances about the level of service we are entitled to expect.

We look forward to a good attendance at this meeting.

Andrew Major

Chairman