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Budget for the year to 31.3.2021
The total precept of £114,678 is a 2.0% increase on last year’s total but, because there are new houses in the village, the increase per average band D home is only 0.72%. The increase works out at 0.2 pence per day for an average band D home.
The total precept for an average band D home will be £116.54 per year, or 31.9 pence per day. The precept for Acle is collected by Broadland District Council as part of your council tax bill.
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Interested in attending a Men’s Shed in Acle?
Acle hopes that a Men’s Shed might be set up in the New Year.What is a Men’s Shed?Men’s Sheds (or Sheds) are similar to garden sheds – a place to pursue practical interests at leisure, to practice skills and enjoy making and mending. The difference is that garden sheds and their activities are often solitary in nature while Men’s Sheds are the opposite. They’re about social connections and friendship building, sharing skills and knowledge, and of course a lot of laughter.Sheds are whatever the members (or Shedders) want them to be. Although labelled sheds, they often aren’t sheds at all. They can be empty offices, portable cabin’s, warehouses, garages, and in at least one case, a disused mortuary. Some Sheds are purpose built workshops, but they rarely start out that way. Many don’t have premises at all in the beginning and instead form a group that meets regularly for the social connection, company and camaraderie until they can find somewhere to kit out with tools. Many Sheds get involved in community projects too – restoring village features, helping maintain parks and green spaces, and building things for schools, libraries and individuals in need.Activities in Sheds vary greatly, but you can usually find woodworking, metalworking, repairing and restoring, electronics, model buildings or even car building in a typical Shed. Sheds typically attract older men, but many have younger members and women too. Whatever the activity, the essence of a Shed is not a building, but the connections and relationships between its members.If you are interested in finding out more, either to attend or to help run a group, please contact Amie below:Amie Evans, Development WorkerAdult Social ServicesMobile: 07785 270 373Email: amie.evans@norfolk.gov.ukFacebook: Amie Evans DW -
Parking Restrictions – current proposals
We are waiting for Norfolk County Council to carry out the last, formal, consultation on the proposals for parking restrictions in the village.
The proposals are to restrict all-day commuter parking in the village centre and to free up parking spaces for people wanting to visit the village and its businesses.
The Street/Crossway Terrace – parking bays on east side, restrictions on west side to allow parking for 23 hours per day, but not between 10 and 11 am Monday to Friday
Old Road opposite Carters and Wilkersons – parking bays for up to 2 hours parking
Bottom of Mill Lane – restrictions on both sides to allow parking for 23 hours per day, but not between 10 and 11 am Monday to Friday
Birtles Way – restrictions to allow parking for 23 hours per day, but not between 10 and 11 am Monday to Friday
New Road – extra double yellow lines to prevent parking at the village centre end, and double yellow lines at junctions and at the entrance to the BP Garage/Travelodge/Starbucks
Priory Close – restrictions on entire road to allow parking for 23 hours per day, but not between 10 and 11 am Monday to Friday
Reedham Road – double yellow lines on both sides to improve visibility, and double yellow lines at entrance to Co-Op and around Church Corner