1200 new homes planned for Norfolk villages
If approved, the homes will be built over the next 15 years
Officials have released a list of dozens of villages in an area of Norfolk where 1,200 new homes could be built in the next 15 years.
The details have been drawn up by South Norfolk Council, to identify suitable rural locations in the district for housing developments, to accommodate the region’s growing population.
In total, 48 villages are included in the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan (VCHAP).
The document is intended to outline the long-term housebuilding strategy for the area, by designating where housing growth can occur between now and 2038.
It is currently at its draft stage and has to be approved by the council’s cabinet and the secretary of state before it is brought into force.
If it is approved, the document will be used to help decide the outcome of future planning applications for the villages.
The villages set to get the most homes are Brooke, Pulham St Mary and Woodton, which are all allocated 50 new properties each.
South Norfolk Council’s final draft of the plan will go before cabinet on Monday for sign-off ahead of being submitted to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for independent examination.
Where will new homes be according to the plans?
Alpington – 25 homes on land at Church Meadow
Bergh Apton – 25 homes on former concrete works site, Church Road
Great Moulton – 12 homes land west of Heather Way
Aslacton – 35 homes land off Church Road
Barford – 19 homes land at Cock Street and Watton Road
Barnham Broom – 40 homes land on the corner of Bell Road and Norwich Road
Bawburgh – 35 homes land east of Stocks Hill
Bressingham – 40 homes land east of School Road
Brooke – 50 homes land at Norwich Road
Bunwell – 15 homes land to the north of Bunwell Street; 20 homes land opposite Lilac Farm, Bunwell Street
Ditchingham – 35 homes on Thwaite Rd/ Tunneys Lane
Earsham – 24 homes land east of School Road
Geldeston – 20 homes land off Kells Way
Gillingham – 35 homes land south of Geldeston Road
Hales & Heckingham – 35 homes on land off Briar Lane, West Hales
Hempnall – 15 homes on land at Millfields
Ellingham – 25 homes on land south of Mill Road, Ellingham Island; 12 homes on Florence Way
Little Melton – 35 homes on land at School Lane and Burnthouse Lane
Swardeston – 20 homes on land off Bobbins Way
Mulbarton – 35 homes on land south of Rectory Lane
Needham – 15 homes on land north of High Road and Harman’s Lane
Wortwell – 12 homes on land at Mill Hill, High Road, Wortwell
Newton Flotman – 25 homes south of Alan Avenue
Pulham St Mary – 50 homes on land northwest of Norwich Road and Poppy’s Lane
Rockland St Mary – 25 homes on land west of Lower Rd, south of New Inn Hill; 25 homes on land south of The Street
Seething – 12 homes on land west of Mill Lane
Spooner Row – 15 homes on land west of Bunwell Rd; 25 homes on land south of Station Road
Stoke Holy Cross – 25 homes on land north of Long Lane
Tacolneston – 25 homes on land to the west of Norwich Road
Tasburgh – 25 homes on land north of Church Road and west of Tasburgh school
Thurlton – 12 homes on Land north of Blacksmiths Gardens; 10 homes on land adjacent to Holly Cottage, west of Beccles Road
Tivetshall St Mary – 20 homes at Pear Tree Farm, west of The Street
Haddiscoe – 35 home at Haddiscoe Manor Farm
Burgh St Peter – 12 homes North of Staithe Road
Wicklewood – 30 homes on land to the south of Wicklewood Primary School; 12 homes on land off Hackford Road
Winfarthing – 20 homes on land to the west of Hall Road; 20 homes on land off The Street
Woodton – 50 homes on land south of Church Road
Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall – 15 homes on land to the west of New Road