Attleborough

So far in Attleborough:

• Over £100k invested in Town centre and surrounding businesses in recent years
• 3 new high street businesses and 4 jobs supported through the Meanwhile scheme (Omega Computing, Turners Occupational Health, Coffeesmiths)

Schemes coming up:

• £m leisure centre being developed on the High Street
• New schemes being brought forward for a Splash Pad in the Town, new youth centre and new innovation centre - with over £200k funding secured to make them a reality
• £25m scheme being developed with Homes England and partners to support new link road for the Town

Interesting facts about Attleborough

• Attleborough parish church, St Mary's, is partly Norman and partly 14th century
• Banham Poultry, a British poultry producer, is based in Attleborough
• The late composer Malcolm Arnold lived in Attleborough from the late 1980s until his death in September 2006
• The Football brothers, Justin Fashanu and John Fashanu, went to school in Attleborough
• The late Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna lived in Attleborough during his early years in international motorsport
• Attleborough is a market town situated within the district of Breckland  located on the key A11 trunk road with a rail station on the Norwich to Cambridge line.
• There are five District Councillors for the town and fifteen Town Councillors. 

The Town Delivery Plan presents detailed evidence and recommendations for deliverable and impactful interventions that can be delivered  over the next ten years. These interventions  are designed to have a positive environmental, social and economic impact.

The plans present a robust evidence base and justification for action based on qualitative and quantitative research done by our professional consultants, Hatch and We Made That. They are the result of extensive desktop research and data gathering, as well as numerous stakeholder consultations and workshops, surveys, and engagement work with residents and businesses. They represent the ideas and ambitions of the people that live, work and trade in the town.

Partnership working was key to producing each of these plans. The council emphasised the need to bring together partners, planning and decision-making bodies, businesses, and residents for all stages of this process. The involvement of other partners in the delivery of the Plans will be key. To succeed and create real change, this project has recognised that it must bring stakeholders together.

Attleborough's Town Delivery Plan 2021-31 (PDF) [9MB] (opens new window)