Get your act together. Committee demands water company action over West Norfolk flooding problems Published: 07:00, 10 March 2021
Water company bosses should get their act together in response to repeated flooding incidents across West Norfolk, a borough council committee says.
The warning came as a decision on plans for a new bungalow in Gayton was deferred this week amid concerns over a lack of clarity on drainage issues at the site.
But there was little sympathy for the company during the borough council planning committee session on Monday.
Former borough mayor Colin Manning, one of Gayton s two ward councillors, said: I have been inundated with complaints about flooding.
Temporary permission granted for Congham dog breeding operation bid
| Updated: 10:19, 10 March 2021
Councillors have given the go-ahead for a dog breeding operation in a West Norfolk village, but only for a year.
Members of the borough council s planning committee voted unanimously to grant temporary consent for the site in Low Road, Congham, so that it can be monitored.
Officials had advised members to reject the application for retrospective permission, arguing that keeping up to 17 dogs and puppies on the site at once was wholly inappropriate for a residential area.
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But the applicant, Shelley Tomsett, told the committee s meeting on Monday there was no justification for the recommendation, as she claimed to have the support of both her nearest neighbours and the wider dog showing community.