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Campaigns
Benjamin Court ruled ‘Asset of Community Value’
‘A Victory for the people of North Norfolk’
We welcome a ruling by lawyers representing North Norfolk District Council that Benjamin Court in Cromer is an ‘Asset of Community Value’, or ACV. The Save Benjamin Court Campaign applied for ACV status to be applied to Benjamin Court, the former NHS facility where a post-hospital reablement service was closed without public consultation in July 2023.
Benjamin Court has remained unused ever since, after NHS chiefs at Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, decided against reopening it and handed it back to NHS Property Services for disposal.
Campaigners argued that the site should not be sold off, but preserved so that it could be used as a Neighbourhood Health Hub providing vital health and social care services for the local community.
This has been its pivotal role since opening in the 1990s, on the site of the Fletcher Hospital which dated back to the 19th century.
Neighbourhood Health Hubs are a central feature of the Labour government’s Long Term Plan to transform health and care services.
North Norfolk as a region has the fastest ageing population in the UK with increasingly complex health needs that will require local services to be developed in local communities to keep pace with demand.
In order to meet the criteria of an ACV, a facility needs to have provided a service which ‘furthers the social wellbeing or interests of the local community’ either currently or in the
recent past, and that there is a realistic prospect of such a service being provided in the next five years. Evidence presented by the Campaign to NNDC legal experts, demonstrated that Benjamin Court had provided a vital service to the people of North Norfolk until the closure of the reablement service two years ago, and that the site was in a condition that would allow it to be reopened with relatively little difficulty.
The NNDC lawyers accepted our arguments, meaning that Benjamin Court is now protected for up to five years.
Martin Booth, a spokesperson for the Campaign, said: ‘This is an important victory for the people of North Norfolk. This ruling reinforces our case, and allows time for Benjamin Court to be favourably considered as a neighbourhood health hub in line with the
government’s objectives of moving health care into the local communities. We call on those responsible for delivering health and care in our area to lose no time in making that happen.’
The Campaign has produced a new short film promoting our vision for the future of
Benjamin Court as a Neighbourhood Health Hub, which can be seen here
https://youtu.be/OM7UKok39tg
News
‘Like fly-tipping on to agricultural land’
‘Like fly-tipping on to agricultural land’: ministers ignoring pleas to cut sludge fertiliser use
Defra warned three years ago of farmland contamination by water firms’ sewage-derived product
Government ministers have ignored Environment Agency pleas to tighten rules on the use of sludge fertiliser for three years, despite the regulator having said that water company attitudes towards the substance are “akin to fly-tipping on to agricultural land”, it can be revealed. Sludge, sometimes referred to as biosolids, is a byproduct of the sewage treatment process that is sold by water companies to farmers as a low-cost fertiliser.
The product has faced heightened scrutiny in recent years as scientists have found sludge to contain a wide range of contaminants, including Pfas – known as “forever chemicals” – at levels in excess of those considered safe in emerging science, and microplastics. However, under existing regulations, water companies are largely only obliged to test for a number of heavy metals.
events
Action Day in Fakenham 3 September
These were the results from Bury St Edmunds by-election in July 2025, we lost by a whisker! A win for Reform in Fakenham is a distinct possibility at the county council elections next May, as well as the mayoral elections for Norfolk & Suffolk. With the voters having so much choice the field is wide open with many people trying out parties they have not considered before. Many of the by-elections in Norfolk and Suffolk this year have been between Green and Reform.
This is why we need your help at our action day on Wednesday 3 September in Fakenham. Meeting from 10am at Flour & Bean, we have the last 6 delivery rounds to complete in town and a few in the Raynhams, if you fancy a drive round the country side!
Be part of the campaign to stop Reform and sign-up now!
We have learnt the lessons behind Adrian Ramsay’s election in Waveney Valley and are putting all of our resources into the Fakenham division to make sure we win, but we can’t do it without you.
Meeting dates for your calendar:
Thursday 14 August
Thursday 18 September
Thursday 16 October
Thursday 13 November
Thursday 13 November