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EDITOR'S WAFFLE

Hello,

Fakenham is a town with a promising future. I've seen the plans!

The North Norfolk District Council has unveiled its development framework for the Fakenham district and there are some encouraging signs that the area in and around the town is set to see some pretty positive changes.

There are quite a few new houses being built in the town - around 800 or so over the next few years - specifically in the area between Rudham Stile Lane and the Bypass to the North, but also in the Greenway Lane/Holt Road region and possibly the town centre too. A significant part of this development is for affordable housing, which looks like good news for young families in the region.

Plans are also afoot to upgrade schools resources to cope with the resulting influx of people and more businesses will be encouraged to take new planned retail space in the town.

There's also talk of a Country Park being developed to the South of Fakenham, stretching right across from the Hawk & Owl Trust to the West across to Pensthorpe in the East. Complete with cycle paths leading to the centre of town, this would be a great boost for tourism and a good resource for local residents too (although land owners need to be brought on board before plans could proceed).

All in all, it sounds pretty good and although it means that Fakenham will change (and some people don't like that idea), it does demonstrate that a decent attempt at planning this inevitable change has been made to get the best from it.

The Council are displaying their draft Development Framework documents on their website - www.northnorfolk.org/ldf - so you can take a look for yourself. Their discussion with the public is due to start in September, so make sure your voice is heard and ask all the detailed questions you need to when that takes place.

Steve
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SITE NEWS

Latest additions and alterations to the site have been...

Local Contacts page - useful phone numbers.
Recycling page
- outlining the council's scheme for household collections, recycling centres and the location of bottle/can/paper banks in the area.
Search page - now includes the ability to search local news websites for your chosen words.
News section - this home page feature has now had the comments links removed due to spammers adding nonsense posts.

Previous added features in the recent major redesign were...

Articles about Fakenham, its Markets, Business Links divided into categories, new Gallery photos, articles about What to See, Where to Eat, Where to Drink and Where to Stay in Fakenham, Small Business Spotlight page. Interactive Google Map. Details about Advertising on the site.

RECENT LOCAL WEBSITES

Some of the most recent sites I have created for local clients include...

COUNTRY MEMORIES - this locally-based online business sells 'countryside' themed giftware and collectables, including many ranges created by local designers.

FAKENHAM CHAMBER OF TRADE - a major relaunch for the Chamber website with a full-featured searchable Business Directory and free self-updating web pages offered to all members.

PAPWORTH BUTCHERS - a redesign of this Fakenham butchers & graziers' website to echo the smart new design of their recent printed advertising material.

BROOKLYN HOUSE - Fakenham dental practice pecialising in the latest dental techniques and treatments.

NORFOLK HORN SHEEP - this handsome local breed nearly died out once. Now going from strength to strength once more due to the dedicated efforts of people like the owners of the Glaven Flock.

GRIMEBUSTERS are a Norfolk based specialist cleaning company, concentrating on large contracts and new build projects.

SOLELY SOLAR Installers of individually-tailored solar water heating systems, based in Fakenham.
Another of their sites is JUST SOLAR, also created to market their solar water system installations.

VOSTS - local independent antique valuers, brokers and advisers.

ENGLISH LAMP COMPANY
- specialise in beautiful reproduction antique brass lighting for indoor and outdoor use. Site constructed to a design by Peter Henley in Wells.

THE OLD FORGE in Burnham Market is run by the former chef patronne of Fishes Restaurant. Another design to a layout provided by Peter Henley of Wells.

 

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