Foxley Parish Council

  • Foxley Parish Council

    Foxley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is about 15 miles north-west of Norwich and 9 miles south-east of Fakenham.

    The Parish Council

    Foxley Parish Council comprises five elected Council Members who live in the village and work together to represent the Village on various matters. The Parish Council is the third tier of Local Government after Breckland District Council and Norfolk County Council. The Council employs one staff member who is the Clerk and also the Responsible Officer.

    For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the Elmham and Mattishall division of Norfolk County Council and the Upper Wensum ward of Breckland District Council.

    Meetings are held in Foxley Village Hall starting at 7pm. Please check the agenda for confirmation of date and start time. 

    The public is very welcome to attend and we encourage people to speak on agenda items during the open forum which is part of each formal meeting.

    The agenda for the coming meeting can be found on our website or on the notice board.

    The Council can be contacted via their Parish Clerk 

    Mrs Jo Boxall – White House, Pettywell, Reepham, NR10 4RN. Email: clerk@foxleyparishcouncil.norfolkparishes.gov.uk Telephone: 01603 879480

    NEXT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 

    The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Thursday 6th August 2026

    Please keep an eye on the website for any changes or extraordinary meetings

  • Minutes 2026/27

    Draft minutes remain until approved by full council

    Agenda – Annual Parish Meeting – Draft Minutes

    Agenda – Annual Parish Council Meeting – Draft Minutes

  • Finance 2026/27

    Foxley Parish Council have adopted the following Financial policies to ensure good governance. These are reviewed on an annual basis.

    Financial Regulations – These were last reviewed May 21st 2026

    Financial Risk Assessment

    Internal control Policy

    Reserves Policy – reviewed 6th January 2026

    Bank statements and financial figures are presented to the Parish Council at every meeting –

    Each year Foxley Parish Council prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). Accounts are internally and externally audited and this information can be viewed below. Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR have been published (see documents below) Foxley Parish Council have certified themselves exempt from external audit and the Certificate of Exemption is published below. The external auditor has confirmed receipt of the exemption notification and confirmed that no review is to be performed and no auditor certificate, report or other closure document will be issued.

    Please see information below for a summary of your rights as a local elector to inspect the Parish Council Account –

    Local Authority Accounts – A Summary of your rights

    Notice of Public Rights

    Annual Internal Report, Certificate of Exemption, Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement

    Explanation of Variances

    End of year 31st March 2026 Bank Reconciliation

    End of year Summary of Accounts and Annual Comparison 

    Approved budget / precept 2026/27

    Budget figures and receipts and payments

    Budget figures to 30th April 2026 / Bank reconciliation to 30th April 2026

    Receipts and Payments May meeting

    Asset Register

    The Asset register forms part of the Council’s financial risk assessment and is updated as required. The Council approved an asset register policy 8th May 2025 and reviewed the asset register

    Asset Register Policy

    Asset Register 31st March 2026

  • Breckland Local Plan

    Although no sites for Foxley have been highlighted. It is acknowledged that all parishes in Breckland which have not had sites allocated, would incorporate an increase of 5% in dwellings to 2042. This would mean an additional 8 houses in Foxley over the next 17 years.

    View a copy of the Draft Plan (PDF, 9 MB)(opens new window)

    View the Policies Map (opens new window)

    Breckland Local Plan: Regulation 18 Consultation (Preferred Options)

    The public consultation on the Draft Plan ended on Monday 15th December 2025. This stage of the local plan (known as Regulation 18) set out the Council’s draft policies and growth strategy and is an important stage in the plan-making process. It provided an early opportunity for our communities, businesses, landowners, developers, partners and stakeholders to ‘have a say’ and comment on the draft Local Plan before it is considered further and then finalised for the next (Regulation 19) stage. Further public consultation will take place at the Regulation 19 Stage.

    Breckland have now published the first set of consultee comments, which includes Statutory Consultees alongside some additional consultee comments. To view these please use the link below.

    Breckland are hoping to be able to publish the site promoter responses & other public comments in the very near future. Once they are available, a further update will be published.

    https://www.breckland.gov.uk/local-plan-2025

    Breckland Council
    Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1EE

  • Finance 2025/26

    Foxley Parish Council have adopted the following Financial policies to ensure good governance. These will be reviewed on an annual basis.

    Financial Regulations – May 2025

    Financial Risk Assessment

    Internal control Policy

    Reserves Policy – approved 9th January 2025

    Bank statements and financial figures are presented to the Parish Council at every meeting –

    Each year Foxley Parish Council prepares an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR). Accounts are internally and externally audited and this information can be viewed below. Sections 1 and 2 of the AGAR have been published (see documents below) Foxley Parish Council have certified themselves exempt from external audit and the certificate of Exemption is published below. The external auditor has confirmed receipt of the exemption notification and confirmed that no review is to be performed and no auditor certificate, report or other closure document will be issued.

    Please see information below for a summary of your rights as a local elector to inspect the Parish Council Account –

    Local Authority Accounts – A Summary of your rights

    Notice of Public Rights

    Annual Internal Report, Certificate of Exemption, Annual Governance Statement and Accounting Statement

    End of year 31st March 2025 Bank Reconciliation

    End of year Summary of Accounts and Annual Comparison 

    Budget figures and receipts and payments

    Budget figures to 30th April 2025

    Receipts and Payments May meeting

    Receipts and Payment July meeting

    Budget Figures to 30th June 2025

    Receipts and Payments October meeting

    Budget Figures to 30th September 2025

    Draft budget and precept consideration and account summary figures

    Receipts and Payments to 31st December 2025

    Approved budget / precept 2026/27

    Asset Register

    The Asset register forms part of the Council’s financial risk assessment and is updated as required. The Council approved an asset register policy 8th May 2025 and reviewed the asset register

    Asset Register Policy

    Asset Register – restated 8th May 2025

  • Minutes 2025/26

    Draft minutes remain until approved by Full Council

    Agenda – Annual Parish Meeting – Minutes

    Agenda – Annual Parish Council Meeting – Minutes

    Agenda – 17th July 2025 – Minutes

    Agenda – 16th October 2025 – Minutes

    Agenda – 5th January 2026 – Draft Minutes

  • Foxley Village Hall Bookings / Enquiries

    For all Hall booking enquiries please contact Helen Mears

    email – helenmears@pobroadband.co.uk

    Tel. 07788 108460

    Village Hall Contacts

    Linda Rose – 01362 688488 or 07885745500. Email – Lmrose3@msn.com

    Gillian Blyth – 01362 688955 or 07733066466. Email – blyth984@btinternet.com

  • Meetings

    The next meeting of Foxley Parish Council will be held on Thursday 6th August 2026 starting at 7pm.

    The Parish Council usually meets four times a year. Meetings are held in Foxley Village Hall, Chapel Road, Foxley, NR20 4QS and usually start at 19:00pm (please check the agenda). Extraordinary meetings will be held as necessary.

    Meetings of the Parish Council are not public meetings but members of the public have a statutory right to attend meetings of the council as observers. Members of the public have no legal right to speak unless the Parish Council Chairman authorises them to do so. As part of its community engagement, Foxley Parish Council sets out a time for public participation at the start of the meeting when members of the public are invited to speak on agenda items.

    If you wish a matter to be raised at the Council, please contact one of the Councillors or the Parish Clerk. Although members of the public do not have a right to force items onto the Council agenda, the Council will consider all requests. The Council agenda is prepared about a week before the next council meeting so you will need to inform the Clerk about 10 days prior to the meeting if you wish to have an item included on the agenda.  Although this might seem a long time in advance, the council is required by law to publicise its agenda at least three clear days before each meeting. Only business contained within the agenda can be considered at the meeting.

    Recording of meetings

    The Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 were enacted on 5 August and came into force on 6 August 2014. These allow for the filming and recording of Council meetings (and other specified public bodies) and provide for access to records (e.g. of decisions made by officers).

  • Agenda

    The next Parish Council Meeting will be held on Thursday 6th August 2026 at 7pm. A copy of the agenda will be available to view below.

    The Public are welcome to attend our meetings and there is time allocated to public questions.

    Our Council Agendas have the same format which is fairly standard to all local councils and includes, receiving apologies for absence from Members, approval of minutes from the last approval of minutes from the last meeting, considering items of correspondence, approving payments and other financial items, consideration of planning applications and agenda items for discussion.

    Our agendas are posted on our website and also put on all the Parish Council noticeboard. Documents marked *attached on the agenda can be viewed below or for financial information, please see Finance section on the website.

    Our meetings and our Council is governed by Standing Orders and Financial Regulations and we have other Policies which we have adopted to help us with the governance of our Council and to comply with the law. For more information visit our Policies page.

  • Minutes 2024/25

    Draft minutes, although published on the website, remain unconfirmed until approved by full Council

    Draft Minutes 9th January 2025

    Minutes 17th October 2024

    Agenda 8th August 2024 – Minutes 8 August 2024

    Annual Parish Meeting Agenda – 9 May 2024 – Annual Parish Meeting

    Annual Parish Council Meeting Agenda – 9 May 2024 – Annual Parish Council Meeting

    Parish Council Meeting Agenda – Minutes Thursday 9th May 2024