Alternative car parking for TOCC employees resolved

Employees of The Original Cottage Company (TOCC) are now able to park behind the fire station, which could go some way to alleviating parking problems in Reepham generally. The arrangement for up to 20 cars will run for 12 months until the end of May 2017.
 

 
The Market Place-based self-catering holiday company came to a financial arrangement with Norfolk County Council (NCC), which owns the School Road site and had earlier rejected TOCC’s original proposal, arguing that the initial amount offered was far below the market value for use of the space for car parking.
 
Reepham Town Council agreed to provide the £500 shortfall, which was the difference between NCC’s final valuation (reported as £3,500 at the Town Council’s April meeting) and TOCC’s final offer.
 
The Town Council argued that this would help free up spaces in the Station Road car park, which was often overflowing with vehicles of town centre employees and residents.
 
The “one-off” funding was made to Reepham Chamber of Commerce, which paid this to NCC.
 
James Ellis, a director of TOCC, which is the town centre’s largest employer with around 40 employees, stressed that the parking arrangement behind the fire station is for TOCC employees only and permits are required.
 
He added that the company had received thanks from local residents, who appreciate TOCC’s gesture and have already noticed the difference it has made to the parking situation.
 

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