Parish Councillors

All our Councillors live in the village. Councillors are not employees of the Council and do not get paid. They give up their time voluntarily, out of their commitment to the Village. Our Councillors do not take expenses.

Councillors’ register of interest forms are available on the Borough Council website.

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Councillor Surgeries

Surgeries are held on Fridays (at the Memorial Hall Coffee Mornings) and Saturdays (at the Parish Office) once a month. See list of Councillor Surgeries for the rest of this year here…..

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Council Employees

The Council has a part-time Parish Clerk, (Roberta Dixon) who is the Council’s ‘Proper Officer’  and ‘Responsible Financial Officer’  The Clerk is contracted to work 20 hours per week, plus meetings. We also employ an Administrative Assistant who works 10 hours per week. We employee a handyman who works 15 hours per week.

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Vacancies on the Council

We have  a number of  Councillor vacancies.

New Councillors can be ‘Co-opted’ on to the Council at the next council meeting.

The next formal elections for the entire Council is May 2027.

Why not become a councillor?

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What We Do

Open Spaces

We manage many local open spaces that are owned by the village, such as the common (conservation), the market place, the Chalk Pit. This involves looking after many of the beautiful Trees with Tree Preservation orders.

Bins, Benches & Bus shelters

We provide litter bins and dog poo bins. We will provide benches and seating in our opens spaces and bus shelters at Bus Stops.

Children’s Play Areas

We manage the two children’s play areas on Lodge Walk and Church Road.

Allotments

We work in conjunction with Snettisham Allotment Association to provide village allotments on the Bircham Road.

Street Lighting

We are responsible for some street lights (but not all – its’ complicated). That said we own most of the street lights.

Grass Cutting & Gardening

We organise grass cutting and gardening services, including some tree maintenance, for village green areas.

Traffic

Traffic issues, such as traffic calming measures (but the Highways Dept at Norfolk County Council hold most of the powers). We need their agreement on most issues.

Planning

Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council are the planning authority and they make all the decisions. However we must be consulted. We comment on planning applications in the village and give our recommendations to the Borough.

Grants & Donations

We consider and give out grants or donations to local groups and initiatives that benefit Snettisham or the people of Snettisham.

Projects

We will seek funding from the Community Infrastructure Levy (known as the CIL) and other Funding organisations, to improve facilities in the village.

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What we don’t do

Memorial Hall & Pavilion

The village hall and it’s functions, finances and facilities (including the recreation field and the Pavilion) are not managed by the Parish Council. The Memorial Hall, recreation field and Pavilion are managed by a Board of Trustees which operate as a village charity. For more details on the charity and it’s purpose, finances and trustees, see Charity Commission.

Roads/Potholes

Norfolk County Council are responsible for repairing most of the smaller roads and pavements, although Highways England are responsible for trunk roads. See button with a link to report a problem at Norfolk County Council

Beach Car Park

The Car Park at the Beach does not belong to the Parish Council. The land is private land owned by the Ken Hill Estate. The car park is operated by a private contractor called Napier Parking. The Council has no influence in parking costs, tickets or fines. Please contact Wild Ken Hill or contact Napier Parking direct.

Parking & Traffic

The Parish Council is not responsible for traffic issues are parking. Those issues remain the responsibility for the Highways dept at County Council or the Police

Street Lighting

Street lighting on some of the more major roads are managed by Norfolk County Council and Highways England

Flooding

The Water companies and the Environment agency have the obligation and powers for most waterways.

Education

All education issues are the responsibility of Norfolk County Council

Planning

We don’t make the planning decisions. The Borough Council at King’s Lynn make those decisions. But we give formal feedback to the Borough on planning applications in our village.

Housing

Is dealt with by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council

Adult social care

Is handled by Norfolk County Council

Licensing

Is dealt with by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council

Bin Collection and recycling

Is handled by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council

Council Tax

Is managed by Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council.