Norwich is set to get 1,000 new homes and deliver a crucial part of Bowthorpe, which has been 40 years in the making.

This comes as an application to develop land at Bowthorpe, known as Three Score, has been approved by Norwich City Council's planning applications committee.

Working in partnership with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), Norwich City Council lodged an application for determination by its planning committee.

Having been appraised by a planning officer, it was put it forward to the committee, made up of cross-party elected members, with the recommendation to approve the development as it would: "provide much needed housing in line with the site allocation and would contribute significantly to the identified housing need in Norwich".


The committee determined the development, which, as well as homes, will also include a care home, a new village centre including at least one shop, and public open space, should be approved.

This means work, which will see in its first phase the building of around 180 homes to include 47 council-owned – the first in more than 20 years – and eight shared equity, can start soon.

Councillor Brenda Arthur, leader of Norwich City Council said: "The council and HCA partnership has as its key priority the provision of homes and jobs to the city because this is what matters most to residents.

"The homes we need are a real mix - from those to be rented privately, to those for people on the social housing register to others for families looking to buy their first home - and this development looks at going a long way to meeting this need.

"Building these homes will also give a meaningful boost to the jobs market including demonstrating our commitment to making sure at least 10 per cent of the contractor workforce will be made up of either young people breaking into the jobs market or those who have been unemployed."

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