The Town Close Residents' Group was formed in early 2008 by residents concerned about City College Norwich planning applications.  Although the group's original focus has been the College building plans, the goals of the group are much wider, aiming to promote communication and collaboration between residents and organisations about all issues that affect the lives of people within the Ward. 

The townclose.org.uk website was established in a non-profit, politically-unaffiliated community resource for the Town Close Ward.   The website is a Content Management System allowing easy editing of content by multiple authors.  If you have an interest in contributing-to or managing any part of the website, please get in touch using the details at the bottom of this page.

The Town Close Residents' Group is working closely with the College Redevelopment Concerns (CRC) and Residents Against Inappropriate Development (RAID) groups on planning issues. 

Town Close Ward is one of the thirteen electoral districts in Norwich, UK.  Its 10,000 or so residents are represented by three councillors on the City Council and one councillor on the County Council.  
The City Councillors are currently:
Bearman, Janet (Green Party)
Jaraj, Samir (Green Party)
Little, Stephen (Green Party)

The Ward's County Councillor is
Little, Stephen (Green Party)

At a national level, the Ward falls within the Norwich South Parliamentary Constituency.  The MP for Norwich South is currently Simon Wright (Liberal Democrat).

Map reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey. Overlay © townclose.org.uk