Councillor vacancies

Added on 12 June 2014

There are still two unoccupied seats on Stow Bedon & Breckles Parish Council, following the resignation of two members some months ago. The Council has been given the power to fill these by co-opting, but needs suitable candidates to come forward for consideration. Membership of the Council is n...

Is this a scam?

Added on 14 February 2014

We've all experienced it. Somebody comes, uninvited, to the door selling something, and you either buy it or turn them away. But when a man with a pick-up arrived at a home in Breckles offering to sell and spread gravel on the drive, the householder wondered. Firstly, he priced it by the square ...

"Totally unnacceptable" development may be approved

Added on 09 February 2014

“Totally unacceptable” was how a member of Breckland Council’s Planning Committee described the way the directors of Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP) had behaved in their development of a chicken and turkey farm on the 2000 year-old Peddars Way in Stow Bedon. The applications were...

Farm accused of causing damage to 2000-year-old road

Added on 30 October 2013

Our headline is how the EDP described the meeting of Breckland Council's Planning Meeting last Monday, when the members refused all seven retrospective applications by Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP) to retain the poultry farm they had constructed at Breckles Heath without obtaining permissio...

Breckles break-in

Added on 03 October 2013

A property in Breckles was broken into last week. Thieves entered a workshop and garage, stealing various items. The police have attended and taken fingerprints, but as yet, no news as to who the offenders may have been. Luckily the owners were not at home, so not endangered. They have now increase...

TNP to face Council

Added on 19 September 2013

Traditional Norfolk Poultry (TNP) has accepted the Parish Council's invitation to come to the next Council Meeting to be questioned about their development on Breckles Heath. For nearly two years now, TNP has been constructing and operating a woodland poultry farm to raise up to 40,000 chickens...