Not enough parks and green spaces, says charity The charity, Fields in Trust, has found that there is not as much publicly accessible green space as in many other towns and cities. The charity Fields in Trust, which has been protecting parks and recreation grounds for nearly a hundred years, has analysed the amount of […]
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Council set to debate prepayment meters scandal
Council set to debate prepayment meters scandal Norwich City Council will become one of the first local authorities to formally debate the prepayment meters scandal. Papers for the Council meeting on 31 January include a motion lodged by Green councillor Lucy Galvin. The motion calls for the Council to step up its work to support vulnerable […]
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Floodlights blazing on empty tennis courts are wasting energy Residents living near the park have complained about seeing floodlights automatically switch on even when no-one is playing on the all-weather courts opened by the city council last July. Nelson ward Green Party Councillor Denise Carlo said: “This appears to be a design flaw in the […]
Save Norwich’s Street Trees Green councillors are demanding an increase in Norfolk County Council’s budget allocation of £20,000 for planting highways trees in Norwich, after a sample survey showed a large loss of city trees along residential roads . If no action is taken, they fear the gradual loss of trees from the city’s streets and main […]
Norwich 19th out of 68 for green spaces and trees Norwich has been ranked 19th out of a list of 68 UK city centres surveyed for their green spaces and tree cover. (1) Academics from the Department of Landscape Architecture at Sheffield University measured and compared the green attributes of city centres in cities of over 100,000 […]
More Support for Nature Needed in New Developments At the Climate and Environment Emergency Executive Panel on Tuesday 8 November, Green Councillors will challenge Norwich City Council’s proposed target of ‘at least ten per cent’ Biodiversity Net Gain for all new planning permissions, saying that it lacks ambition and the Council should aim for twenty […]
Green Party announces parliamentary candidate for Norwich North The Green Party has announced its candidate for parliamentary electionsin Norwich North. City and county councillor Ben Price is standing forthe Greens in order to tackle the cost of living, insulate homes, andfight for people in Norwich at Westminster. Ben has represented the Thorpe Hamlet area of […]
Poor repair work to close Golden Triangle footpath for a third time
An important city footpath linking Heigham Grove and Clarendon Road in the Golden Triangle will close for the third time (1) due to botched work by Anglian Water contractors. Named the Henry Trevor Walk after the businessman who designed the Plantation Garden, the footpath which runs between Victorian villas in the Heigham Grove conservation area […]
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Halloween Horrors in the River Wensum
Green Party councillors will be joining members of the local community on Saturday 29th October to clean up the River Wensum and its banks. Norwich Green Party has held a number of clean-up events over the past five years and continues to campaign to keep the river cleaner and safer. Councillor Gary Champion said: “On previous […]
Green Party announces parliamentary candidate for Norwich South
The Green Party has announced its candidate for parliamentary elections in Norwich South. City and county councillor Jamie Osborn is standing for the Greens to tackle the cost of living, insulate homes, and fight for people in Norwich at Westminster. Jamie has represented the city centre area of Norwich on the city council since 2019 […]
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