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Elections now over, a new Council has<br />
been formed for <strong>Swaffham</strong> the next<br />
4 years. At the first Council meeting,<br />
which took place on Wed 8th May I am<br />
pleased to confirm that Cllr Jill Skinner<br />
(previously Deputy Mayor) was duly<br />
elected as Mayor for 2019/20. Newly<br />
appointed Cllr Keith Sandle was also duly elected as<br />
Deputy Mayor. My best wishes to them and all our new<br />
Councillors as we move forward.<br />
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Also, a personal thank you to those of you who voted<br />
to support me as a Town Councillor for the next 4 years.<br />
I must also take this opportunity to thank our Town Hall<br />
staff and all previous Councillors for their support to me<br />
over the last year, and the many community groups and<br />
organisations across <strong>Swaffham</strong> for their valuable input<br />
into making <strong>Swaffham</strong> our great Market town.<br />
On local news, firstly to say that we understand the<br />
independent report on the future of Leisure facilities for<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> is now with Breckland and hopefully will be<br />
released fairly soon. Work on renovating the toilet block<br />
at the Recreation Ground, Haspall’s Road has started,<br />
and you will soon start to see the results - thanks goes<br />
to a number of local business people who, alongside<br />
the council are undertaking much of the work.<br />
By the time you get this we will have held our second<br />
successful “Sheep Fair” on the market – it promised to<br />
be bigger and better than last year, so I hope you all<br />
enjoyed the day.<br />
It’s a 2nd year of annual events - with Norfolk Day<br />
on Saturday July 25th and Dads Army Day with the<br />
Thetford museum volunteers and Timescape joining us<br />
again on Saturday 3rd August.<br />
The 3rd annual Car Event and Family fun day is<br />
scheduled for August Bank Holiday Sunday at the<br />
Recreation Ground and promises to be an attractive<br />
and enjoyable day out for everyone.<br />
Unfortunately, there is no update on the future of the<br />
Green Britain Centre – as you may recall this property is<br />
owned by Breckland Council who are currently seeking<br />
new tenants<br />
Finally, I was so pleased that a majority vote was<br />
recorded to adopt the <strong>Swaffham</strong> Neighbourhood Plan.<br />
This has been 3 years in the making and with the support<br />
of the community we now have a comprehensive<br />
development plan that certainly gives the town a lot<br />
more influence on planning matters.<br />
Cllr Jill Skinner will be writing the future articles and I<br />
wish her every success in leading <strong>Swaffham</strong> forward<br />
Cllr Colin Houghton<br />
Mayor of <strong>Swaffham</strong> 2018/19<br />
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