Click here for link to Norfolk County Council’s Norfolk Assistance Scheme
and here for Broadland District Council’s Help Hub
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Assistance with food, money and household items
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Need help?
For Upton residents who are self-isolating, please remember that the community shop will deliver food to your door.
Call the shop on 01493 751827, give them your order, they will ring back with the amount, you pay over the phone with your credit or debit card, they arrange the time for delivery.
If you need other support, you can ring parish councillor Laura Davey on 07711 562 174 or email: [email protected]
Laura is co-ordinating a team of volunteers to support local residents so if you want to be involved, please contact Laura.
Broadland District Council also has a helpline on 01508 533933
Norfolk County Council has a phone number for support on 0344 800 8020 and lots of information here
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GNLP – no sites put forward for Upton
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Shared ownership properties in the Broadland area
For any intermediate tenure properties (such as shared ownership or shared equity) there is a new Help to Buy agent to register with and gives applicants access to any new build or resales of affordable home ownership products across the district:-
https://www.helptobuyagent3.org.uk/
For applicants who previously registered with Help to Buy East South East for affordable home ownership products they will now need to re-register with the new agent above as H2B ESE no longer covers Norfolk.
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Dog fouling posters
If you have an issue with people not picking up after their dogs, you might like to put up this poster
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What3words : useful for rural locations
Norfolk Police and Fire services have started using What3words to identify rural locations.
Find out your What3words address is here and download the App in case you need it
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New Order re clearing up after your dog
Public Notice
A Public Spaces Protection Order has been implemented across the whole of Broadland District requiring those in charge of dogs to clear up after them on all land open to the public.
The order is in effect as of 1st March 2019.
The Order applies to the following land:
All roads and highways
Public footpaths and verges
Woodland
Heath
Sports and recreations grounds
Parks and public open spaces
Agricultural land and common land (unless the land owner has expressed permission to the contrary)
The maximum penalty for failing to comply with the order is £1,000 and the fixed penalty notice is £100.
A copy of the order can be viewed via the Council’s website: www.broadland.gov.uk. Please telephone the Environmental Health Department on 01603 430488 for queries relating to any aspect of the Order. Email: [email protected]
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Rebate on surface water drainage charges
Several households in the village have been successful in claiming back some money from their Water Company because their surface (rain) water drains into soakaways and does not use the water company’s pipes and drains.
More information is available here:
https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/households/your-water-bill/surfacewaterdrainage/
