What We Do

We support, guide and co-ordinate town community and infrastructure development.

The Town Council owns and manages the Town Hall, Roxley Hall and Morse Pavilion including hiring of these venues for events, small and large. We also own and maintain the Fitzmaurice Park, Sir George Morse Park, Tree Plantation, Laundry Lane and the River Green.

We are the guardians of the Town’s War Memorials.

We are consultees on matters concerning town planning.

We organise and hold community events throughout the year.

Meet The Team

Town Council staff work from the Town Hall based at Fitzmaurice Park, Pound Lane.

The office team consists of the Chief Executive Officer/Town Clerk, Administration and Committee officer, Administration Officer and a Property and Facilities Officer.

The Chief Executive Officer is involved in all aspects of managing the Council’s properties, upholding its legal responsibilities, and supporting the Council’s decision-making processes.

he Parks and Estates Team, consisting of four Parks and Estates Officers, operates from the Morse Pavilion on the Sir George Morse Park, Laundry Lane, and looks after our properties and assets. This includes maintenance of our parks, buildings, allotments and grass verges.

Town Councillors

The Town Council comprises 16 Councillors who are elected every four years.

The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected each year at the annual Town Council meeting in May.

The Town Mayor is Councillor Stuart Snelling and the Deputy Town Mayor is Councillor Steve Court. All Councillors are required by law to complete a register of interests form to register: their Disclosable Pecuniary Interests; and the Disclosable Pecuniary Interests of their spouses or civil partners (or persons with whom they live in that capacity)

Declaration of Interest Forms Thorpe St Andrew Town Council – South Norfolk and Broadland

Planning

The Town Council is a statutory consultee on planning applications affecting and within the Thorpe St Andrew Town area.

The planning authority (Broadland District Council or the Broads Authority) gives the Town Council 21 days to respond to a planning application. Application will be considered by the Town Council at its Planning Committee meeting and will feature on the agenda as an item to be discussed. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings and can speak during the public participation item on the agenda to give their views on a planning application. They are also encouraged to provide their own comments to the District Council and Broads Authority planning departments.

If there is not a meeting planned within the 21-day period, the Town Council may be able to request an extension to the time-limit. Whilst the overall decision is the planning authority’s, the Town Council’s local knowledge, combined with an understanding of the planning process, means that its views are more likely to be heard by the planning authority, so long as the Town Council provides valid planning ‘material considerations’.