The elections are run at different times across the country; South Norfolk's are typically in early Spring and bi-annually.

[24][25][26] In 2023 the council moved to the Horizon Centre, a modern office building at the Broadland Business Park on the outskirts of Norwich (in the parish of Postwick with Witton).

[30] In October 2020, Private Eye reported a total of £594,000 was paid to two managers leaving South Norfolk council as a result of the merger[when?]

of the management teams at South Norfolk and Broadland councils, which included £540,000 to outgoing chief executive Sandra Dinneen.

[31] (A further £357,000 in termination payments was to be shared between three managers leaving Broadland council due to the merger.)

The councils stated these so-called "golden goodbyes" would save them money, as they would have fewer highly paid senior officials after they departed.

However, proponents of the move defend the decision, stating that due to the population density of the district being heavily weighted towards the greater Norwich suburbs, the new headquarters is more accessible to the majority of the district's residents than the previous headquarters in Long Stratton.