A welcome message from Coltishall Parish Council
Hello, and welcome to the website of Coltishall Parish Council in Norfolk, England, a parish council that also serves the residents of Great Hautbois, nearby.Now that this website is over 18 months old it is time to review what has happened during the intervening period.
The Parish Plan has been published and distributed in hard copy to all the households in the villages of Coltishall and Great Hautbois and is available to download in PDF format at page 11389. I certainly register my immense thanks to all the Parish Plan Steering Group members and persons, businesses, charities and government agencies who have made it happen.
The adoption of the recommended action plan should be ratified in July 2010 and we as an all-volunteer parish council will, to the best of our ability and practicality, seek advice from higher authorities as needed and respond to recommendations gathered from the parish plan.
One of the main themes coming out of the plan is that many people feel uninformed on issues; one way to find out is, of course, to attend parish council meetings.
It would also be fair comment that Coltishall has an excellent information magazine in “The Marlpit”. This website www.coltishall.org carries much more and, moreover, carries links to Broadland District Council, Nofolk County Council, our MP, and even the Prime Minister’s Office.
All this information will be updated continually to make sure you are kept up to date. In addition we also provide a short history, local area stories and photos, links to local bus & train timetables, major boat companies and airports, plus a platform to advertise local facilities.
What of the past – HMP Bure is up and running, the decision on the ECO Town at Coltishall has been shelved, as has the Unitary Authority. However the sale of the former RAF Coltishall and building the Northern Distributor road remain ongoing and perhaps very much tied to the Rackheath ECO town proposal, all of which will no doubt have some influence on traffic and facilities around us in the future, if completed.
What of the future? - The next milestone for council is to achieve quality status. Fortunately over the years the basic infrastructure to meet the criteria has been implemented, but now the challenge, training, fine tuning and adoption of the latest procedures need to be met.
We really do remain committed to you, the parishioners, to keep you informed on local, county and national issues.
So please take some time to browse through the site and lets us know your views and any information you would like to see in the future.
Link to editor is:coltpc_webmanager@coltishall.org.uk
We have a wonderful rural village with many facilities that are shown throughout this site, please help us keep it this way.
Many thanks for your time
John Harding
Chairman Coltishall Parish Council
Link to latest parish meeting minutes
Acknowledgement to Webalistic.Co.Uk
Coltishall Parish Council would like to thank Jeffrey Pellin,Ash and Michelle for the all the support, assistance, advice, and guidance given in producing the parish website.
Moreover we acknowledge the ease and simplicity of creating the site using the webalistic system.