Hingham Town Council

  • NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY) ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026

    Smaller authority name: Hingham Town Council

     

    NOTICE OF PUBLIC RIGHTS AND PUBLICATION OF ANNUAL GOVERNANCE & ACCOUNTABILITY RETURN (EXEMPT AUTHORITY)

    ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026

     

    Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 Sections 25, 26 and 27

    The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/234)

    NOTICE NOTES

     

     

    1. Date of announcement_____________09 June 2026__(a)

    2. Each year the smaller authority prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR).  The AGAR has been published with this notice. It will not be reviewed by the appointed auditor, since the smaller authority has certified itself as exempt from the appointed auditor’s review.

    Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the AGAR, the accounting records for the financial year to which it relates and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers, receipts and other documents relating to those records must be made available for inspection by any person interested. For the year ended 31 March 2026, these documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to:

     

    (b) Alison Doe , Clerk/RFO  Hingham Town Council

    47 Hardingham Road, Hingham, NR9 4LX

     

    07543468758

     

    clerk@hinghamtowncouncil.gov.uk

     

    commencing on (c) __Wednesday 10 June 2026 _______________________

     

    and ending on (d) ___Tuesday 21 July 2026 ________________________

     

    3. Local government electors and their representatives also have:

     

    ·       The opportunity to question the appointed auditor about the accounting records; and

    ·       The right to make an objection which concerns a matter in respect of which the appointed auditor could either make a public interest report or apply to the court for a declaration that an item of account is unlawful. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the auditor and a copy sent to the smaller authority.

     

    The appointed auditor can be contacted at the address in paragraph 4 below for this purpose between the above dates only.

     

    4. The smaller authority’s AGAR is only subject to review by the appointed auditor if questions or objections raised under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 lead to the involvement of the auditor.  The appointed auditor is:

     

    PKF Littlejohn LLP (Ref: SBA Team)

    30 Churchill Place

    London E14 5RE

    (sba@pkf-l.com)

    5. This announcement is made by (e) Alison Doe , Clerk/RFO  Hingham Town Council

     

     

     

    (a) Insert date of placing of the notice which must be not less than 1 day before the date in (c) below

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    (b) Insert name, position and address/telephone number/ email address, as appropriate, of the Clerk or other person to which any person may apply to inspect the accounts

     

    (c) Insert date, which must be at least 1 day after the date of announcement in (a) above and exactly 30 working days before the date appointed in (d) below

     

    (d) The inspection period between (c) and (d) must be 30 working days inclusive and must include the first 10 working days of July.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    (e) Insert name and position of person placing the notice – this person must be the responsible financial officer for the smaller authority

  • Town Council Meeting

    The Next Town Council meeting is scheduled to be held on 01 September  2026

    Agenda

     

     

     

  • Hingham Neighbourhood Plan

    Hingham Neighbourhood Plan

    South Norfolk Council have advised that the date of the Hingham Neighbourhood Plan referendum will be 06 November 2025.

    The referendum will allow local electors to vote on whether they wish to see the Neighbourhood Plan implemented or not.   South Norfolk Council are undertaking the preparations for the referendum.

    The proposed Neighbourhood Plan and related information are available to view at South Norfolk Council’s website:

    Hingham Neighbourhood Plan | Broadland and South Norfolk

    Hard copy versions of these documents are also available to view at the following locations:

    • Hingham Library, The Fairland, Hingham, Norfolk, NR9 4HW
    • South Norfolk Council, The Horizon Centre, Broadland Business Park, Peachman Way, Norwich, NR7 0WF (Appointments only – please contact (01508) 533805).

    If you have difficulties accessing these documents using the above methods, please contact the Council’s Place Shaping team on 01508 533805 to make alternative arrangements for their inspection.

    Hingham Neighbourhood Plan has been produced by a steering group working on behalf of Hingham Town Council based on consultation with the local community and other stakeholders. The Hingham Neighbourhood Plan does not allocate land for housing but contains policies for the allocation of land for future community uses such as car parking and a community building.  It contains a vision, a series of objectives and a number of planning policies that seek to influence how the community grows and develops between now and 2043, (the Neighbourhood Plan cannot seek to prevent development of the town). If it passes a local referendum and is subsequently adopted by South Norfolk Council, it will become part of the statutory Development Plan for the area and will be used to help determine planning applications in the parish.

     

    The Town Council offer the most grateful thanks to all involved in the Hingham Neighbourhood Plan making process, especially to the volunteers on the steering group.