empty homes 22 May 2023 / 4 October 2024 by Empty Homes are a Blight on Norwich Norwich homeowner Ailee Beckett is fed up with the City Council’s refusal to act over a dwelling which has been empty next door to her house for more than ten years. Ms Beckett said: ‘Having an abandoned house next door is worrying. The house is not heated, nor […] Read more »
2023 election results 6 May 2023 / 4 October 2024 by The Norwich 2023 Election Results We held all our existing seats and took two more in Sewell and Wensum, demonstrating that Norwich wants the kind of policies the Green Party offers. Meet the newly elected Green councillors of 2023: Gillian Francis (Sewell), Josh Worley (Thorpe Hamlet), Amanda Fox (Mancroft), Liam Calvert (Wensum) and Hannah Hoechner […] Read more »
Historic wins across the East 6 May 2023 / 10 September 2023 by Historic WINS across the East! It’s been a truly historic election in the East, and it would take too long to list every great achievement, so here is just a small sample: Read more »
Warmer Homes,cost of living,tree coverage 22 February 2023 / 4 October 2024 by Greens demand warmer homes, advice to help with the cost of living and better tree coverage across the city Green councillors want to change the city council’s budget to make more homes warmer, provide face to face help through Norfolk Citizens Advice, make sure the council makes more of its assets and add to the […] Read more »
Not enough parks 14 February 2023 / 4 October 2024 by 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 […] Read more »
Council set to debate prepayment meters scandal 31 January 2023 / 29 May 2023 by 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 […] Read more »
Floodlights blazing on empty tennis courts 22 January 2023 / 16 April 2025 by 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 […] Read more »
Save Norwich’s Street Tree 20 January 2023 / 16 April 2025 by 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 […] Read more »
Norwich 19th out of 68 for green spaces 25 November 2022 / 16 April 2025 by 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 […] Read more »
More Support for Nature Needed in New Developments 15 November 2022 / 16 April 2025 by 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 […] Read more »