There are three tiers of local Government, each with different responsibilities.

The Town Council works with Breckland District Council and Norfolk County Council 

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Watton Carparks

As you may be aware from local media reports, Breckland Council has offered the five market towns in the district the chance to take on ownership of public car parks.
Watton Town Council has been approached to see if it would be willing to take on the ownership of the three car parks in Watton town: Kittell Close, Goddards Court, Memorial Car Park.
Watton Town Council staff have been asked to undertake a consultation to ascertain people’s views on this issue. The consultation will run until Monday 27th October 2025, at 5pm, with the views collated and made available to Councillors to inform the decisions that need to be made. Please note, this is not a referendum, and the consultation will be one of a number of pieces of information that Councillors will use to make their decision.
Fill out the consultation survey following the link below:
Any additional comments can be noted on the survey, or for further questions, please email: [email protected]

 

Town Mayor 2025/26

Councillor Gillian Turrant was elected as the Chairman and Town Mayor of Watton Town Council for the year 2025/26. Gillian’s charities for her term are PACT Animal Sanctuary and 1st Watton Rainbows.

Councillor Tina Kiddell was elected as Vice Chairman of Watton Town Council for the year 2025/26.

Annual Town Meeting 2025

See all reports under Community and Annual Town Meeting 2025 on the above menu tab.

Full Council Meetings

Residents are welcome to attend or you can try watching the meeting which is live streamed on YouTube. The agendas for the Full Council Meetings are usually posted on the agendas page the Wednesday prior to the meeting the following Tuesday evening.

 

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