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Things have changed at Denton Parish Council.
After last week's Annual Parish Meeting, the Parish Council had their Annual Meeting and the first item was to elect the Officers for the coming year. They duly elected Melissa Bunn to take over from Terry Hanner as Chair and Chrissie Kerr to replace Ken Ashton as Vice Chair.
Special thanks must be recorded to Terry who has chaired the Council with distinction since 2019.
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This year's Annual Parish Meeting, held on May 12th, was well attended, with over 30 local residents at the Village Hall.
The Agenda followed the normal pattern with reports from the Chairman of the Parish Council, Terry Hanner, and from a long list of Village Clubs etc.
The Chairman's report covered some of the main issues that had come before the PC during the year. These included the proposals for a shop in Darrow Green Road, objections to the East Pye Solar Farm and damage to the Village Sign.
Reports were then delivered by representatives of: DVC, the Art Group, the Church and Chapel, the WI, the Thursday Coffee Club, the Parish Magazine, the Bowls Club, the Gardening Club and the Village Hall.
The final item on the Agenda was an opportunity for Public Participation and several topics were raised. Liz Cargill explained the new project to record the village’s Wildlife. John Chapman raised his concerns regarding the increasing problems caused by rats. Helen Sida-Page explained the ambitious plans for replacing the Fort in the Children’s Play Area, plans were on view.
At the close of the meeting a glass of wine was enjoyed by all attendees, but the members of the Council then had to attend their normal bi-monthly meeting.
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Denton Village Hall is one of 16 Polling Stations covering the Waveney Valley County Council Division. On Thursday no less than 58% of the people entitled to vote there turned up to complete their ballot papers. This was higher than any other Polling Station in the Division. The average turn-out across the Division was 47%.
The winner of the election in Waveney Valley was the Reform UK candidate, George Boyd, who is believed to live in Chedgrave.
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An ambitious scheme has been launched to record significant sightings of local wildlife in Denton.
Based on a Toolkit developed by the Norfolk Wildlife Trust, it calls on residents to report such incidents which will be logged to build up a picture of how our fauna and flora are changing. Further information is provided in the May edition of the Parish News.
You are requested to supply details of: What was seen, When you saw it, Where it was seen, and Who saw it. Details of each sighting should be sent to natureindenton@gmail.com. If possible, a photo should be included.
The co-ordinator of the scheme is Liz Cargill: 07904 808546 assisted by Sara Richards: 07971 872254.