South Pickenham Parish Council
Parish Council Meetings
The Parish Council generally meets 6 times a year in order to ensure that village services are maintained, insurance cover agreed and that regular contact is made with the Highways/Rangers. Reports are received from Norfolk County Council and Breckland District Council. Members of the public are very welcome to attend our meetings.
Meeting dates for 2026
11 February
8 April
24 June
23rd Sept
Meetings usually take place at The Estate Office. South Pickenham. Members of the public are welcome to attend - please contact the Parish Clerk if there are any questions.
The Agenda will be published on the Agendas and Minutes page one week before the meeting.
The Role of the Clerk
The Clerk is the ‘Proper Officer’ of the Council who is responsible for the smooth running of the Council’s business. She is the first point of contact for the Council and all correspondence comes to the Clerk.
Responsibility for implementing the decisions of the Council rests with the Clerk along with giving professional guidance where necessary whilst remaining neutral and discrete. The Clerk is also responsible for financial management.
The Clerk prepares, circulates and displays agendas in public places. She signs notices and summonses with a list of business to be transacted but does not have the power to fix the meetings of the Council. The Clerk is required to attend meetings, take minutes, keep Council minutes in a book and hold other documents.
A member of the Council may be appointed as Clerk without remuneration but nowadays it is more usual to appoint someone who is not a councillor to be paid for the work they undertake.