Norfolk Association of Local Councils (Norfolkalc) is a member based organisation and membership is open to all Parish Councils, Town Councils and Parish Meetings in Norfolk.

The Association protects and promotes the interests, rights, functions and privileges of members in the performance of their duties and seeks to promote and develop the social, cultural and recreational life of their areas. We also promote a widespread and well-informed interest in local government.We are the first point of contact for all member councils in need of free advice on legal, financial and procedural matters. Questions will be answered either by our staff or national specialists depending on the nature and complexity of the enquiry

The Association is an independent body. The Annual General Meeting formulates policy and provides guidance. The Executive Committee manages the Association, and is elected from councillors nominated by member councils in each district. The administration is undertaken by our staff. To contact us:
01603 664869 enquiries@norfolkalc.gov.uk

Clerk of the Year 2012
Have you thought of nominating your clerk for this award?
Please complete this form and e-mail to enquiries@norfolkalc.gov.uk by Monday June 11th 2012
For further details - click here

Please note that the electronic annual return page on the Audit Commission's website has now gone live.  All small body practitioners now have the option to enter key data for the annual return online before printing off a copy (or copies) for members to review and approve. We hope that this will assist local councils, Inland Drainage Boards and small bodies in completing annual returns and their audit more efficiently by eliminating delays caused by address or postal errors. Bodies may, of course, continue to use the paper version of the annual return.

 

The Electronic Annual Return is available for download from the following page http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/audit-regime/support-guidance/Pages/Annualreturn.aspx. There are additional guidance notes on this page and links to each of the annual returns.

 

 

This electronic form of the Annual Return is to assist completion only - it does not allow for electronic submission as the hard copy requires a number of "live" signatures. 

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National Planning Policy Framework - details here

General Power of Competence- details here

Prayers at Council Meetings - details here

Planning Meetings - see events page

New Employment Contract available here

London 2012 Celebrating the Olympic Games in Your Parish

LOCOG (the London 2012 Organising Committee for the Games) has produced a 'Community Celebration Pack' for community and voluntary groups to help them celebrate the Games together with more details. 


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Section 137 Expenditure: Limit For 2011/2012

 

The Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed that the appropriate sum for the purposes of section 137(4) (a) of the Local Government Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) for parish and town councils in England for 2011/ 2012 is £6.44 per elector.

 

This is the amount that results from increasing the amount for 2010/ 2011 (£6.15) by the percentage increase in the Retail Prices Index between September 2009 and September 2010 (that is, 4.6%) in accordance with Schedule 12B to the 1972 Act

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Localism Bill - For details on the content - click here

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