Hingham Town Council

  • Hingham Town Council

     

    Notice of conclusion of audit

    Annual Governance & Accountability Return for the year ended 31 March 2026

     

    Sections 20(2) and 25 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014

     

    Section 16 of the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

     

    Notes

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    		 The audit of accounts for Hingham Town Council for the year ended 31 March 2026 has been completed and the accounts have been published. This notice and Sections 1, 2 & 3 of the AGAR must be published by 30 September. This must include publication on the smaller authority’s website. The smaller authority must decide how long to publish the Notice for; the AGAR and external auditor report must be publicly available for 5 years.
    2. The Annual Governance & Accountability Return including the auditor’s certificate and opinion is available for inspection and copying by any local government elector of the area of Hingham Town Council on application to:

     

    (a)

    ALISON DOE  – CLERK/RFO

    C/O 47 HARDINGHAM ROAD, HINGHAM, NR94LX

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    		 10 AM TO 3PM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY (b)  Insert the hours during which inspection rights may be exercised

     

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    		 Copies will be provided to any local government elector of the area on payment of £1.OO (c) for each copy of the Annual Governance & Accountability Return. (c) Insert a reasonable sum for copying costs

     

    Announcement made by: (d)                   ALISON DOE  – CLERK /RFO

     

    		 (d)  Insert the name and position of person placing the notice

    Date of announcement: (e)                          30 SEPTEMBER 2026

     

     

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  • Town Council Meeting

    The Next Town Council meeting is scheduled to be held on 06 October  2026

    Agenda

     

     

     

  • Hingham Neighbourhood Plan

    Hingham Neighbourhood Plan

    The Hingham Neighbourhood Plan and associated documents can be viewed at the South Norfolk Council webpage Hingham Neighbourhood Plan | Broadland and South Norfolk

     

    The Hingham Neighbourhood Plan was made (adopted) by South Norfolk Council on 15 December 2025. This follows a local referendum on Thursday 6 November 2025 where 89.3% of those voting did so in favour of the Plan. This means that the document now forms part of the statutory Development Plan for the district and it will be used in order to help determine planning applications within the parish.

     

    Background

    Hingham Town Council submitted a Neighbourhood Area application to South Norfolk Council in September 2021. The area proposed was the whole civil parish and, in accordance with Regulation 5A of the ‘Town and Country Planning, England – Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012’, South Norfolk Council confirmed the designation. The Town Council is the relevant body for preparing the Neighbourhood Development Plan.

    Since that time, a steering group of volunteers, working on behalf of the Town Council has developed a proposed Neighbourhood Plan for the parish, which has involved extensive research and consultation with the community and other stakeholder bodies. This was submitted to South Norfolk Council in February 2024.

    Following its submission to South Norfolk Council, the proposed Hingham Neighbourhood Plan underwent an initial independent examination by Mr Andrew Ashcroft (Andrew Ashcroft Planning Ltd), which concluded on 23 September 2024.

    South Norfolk Council proposed to approve each of the modifications within the examiner’s report apart from that relating to Policy HING9 – Allocation of land for community uses, where the examiner proposed to delete the policy. The Council proposed an alternative modification on the basis of new evidence having been presented by Hingham Town Council following receipt of the examiner’s report.

    In accordance with paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 4B to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Council consulted on its proposed modification in relation to HING9 during May and June 2025.

    The representations received, including a summary, can be found in the ‘documents’ section, below. South Norfolk Council subsequently re-appointed Mr Ashcroft to consider the evidence and the Council’s proposed modifications before setting out his recommendations in a focused report.

    This has now been produced and the Council has now made a decision in respect of the proposal, including approval that the proposed Hingham Neighbourhood Plan should proceed to a local referendum, subject to the agreed modifications specified within the Council’s final Decision Statement.

    (source Hingham Neighbourhood Plan | Broadland and South Norfolk)