Welcome to the Thornage Parish Council website

PARISH COUNCIL

The Annual Parish Council Meeting took place on Wednesday 21st May, 6.30pm at All Saints Church. Dan Earp was re-elected as Chair for the 2025 - 26 Financial Year and Dany Pearce was re-elected Vice Chair.

All are welcome to attend meetings of the Parish Council.

Thornage Common – Grassland Management

As you are aware a large part of the Common has been left uncut this year to encourage biodiversity. Paths have been left round the edge and in through the middle for villagers to enjoy - and anecdotal evidence suggests that indeed it has been. Some wildflowers have been allowed to grow on and there have been plenty of butterflies sighted.

As part of the management of this area it was always intended to cut and remove a Hay crop in late summer.

However, as we all know this year has been extremely dry to date and therefore growth was slow. The hope was that it would be cut later but if left the quality of the Hay made would be of extremely low quality and be of little value to livestock. Thornage Hall have kindly agreed to cut and remove the crop and as the drought has resulted in low stocks of Hay any extra will be useful.

This is a note to let you know that the Common will now be cut as soon as is practical and weather allows!

It is the first year that this approach has been adopted and this is just the start of a long-term project to improve the plight of Flora and Fauna in our Parish. The Parish Council hopes that you have had the opportunity to enjoy the Common and with work continuing to establish a walk from Thornage Hall across the meadows to the Common it will become an increasingly enjoyable experience.

Minutes for Parish Council Meetings can be found on the Minutes page; and our Annual Accounts information on the Documents page.

VILLAGE EVENTS

See the noticeboard for further information

The Annual Parish Meeting took place on Wednesday 30th April. Reports were given by the Parish Council, the Parochial Church Council, Friends of Thornage, Thornage Hall and an update on the work on The Common.

LATEST NEWSLETTER

Published April 2025 Newsletter No. 20

Contact details for the Clerk can be found at the end of each page

The village of Thornage

Thornage is a village and civil parish in North Norfolk. It sits 2.7 miles south east of Holt. It falls within the auspices of North Norfolk District Council.

What we do

The Parish Council is responsible for:

upkeep of the common
commenting on planning applications
the village notice board
general maintenance around the village

To become a member of our active VOLUNTEER GROUP to help out with small maintenance tasks around the village

Please email us - details below

THORNAGE PAPER BANK

We have been informed by the company who manage the Paper Bank that they will be removing it on or soon after 4th August.

This is due to

dwindling collections as fewer people purchase printed newspapers and also use their own household recycling bins
The cost of dealing with increasing levels of contamination in the paper banks with cardboard and other mixed waste

Please ensure that only glass is left at the recycling site from 4th August

Finance News

As the receipts and payments in 2024/25 were under £25,000, the Parish Council has declared itself exempt from external audit.

The Period for Public Rights will be from Monday 9th June until Friday 18th July 2025.