Eleanor Storey

Norwich

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First look at Norwich Market revamp designs including arcade

4 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

Norwich City Council has revealed its preferred options after agreeing to spend £740,000 on design work and initial construction costs. The various designs include an arcade running through the centre of the market, a courtyard in the middle, or a series of small open spaces that could be used for special events or pop-up stalls. The council is also considering a new 'market gateway' on Gentleman's Walk, which could include illuminated signage or artwork.
Energy firms Elmya and RPC have unveiled proposals for more than 1,000 containers to be installed across farmland in Rushall

5 days ago | dissexpress.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

Plans for a mega battery storage site in the Norfolk countryside have sparked concern among locals. Energy firms Elmya and RPC have unveiled their proposals for more than 1,000 containers to be installed across farmland in Rushall. The new battery energy storage system (BESS) would store excess energy from renewable sources such as solar or wind farms to save electricity for later use.
Service station expansion expected to get go-ahead

6 days ago | aol.com | Eleanor Storey

Plans to double the size of a service station look likely to be approved. Gillingham Services, in south Norfolk near Beccles, could expand if South Norfolk Council's planning committee offers the green light to the scheme on Wednesday. Council officers have recommended it is given the go-ahead. The bid would see a new Marks and Spencer's shop and a Greggs drive-through built.
Service station expansion expected to get go-ahead

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Eleanor Storey

Plans to double the size of a service station look likely to be approved. Gillingham Services, in south Norfolk near Beccles, could expand if South Norfolk Council's planning committee offers the green light to the scheme on Wednesday. Council officers have recommended it is given the go-ahead. The bid would see a new Marks and Spencer's shop and a Greggs drive-through built.
Council issues warning after more than 20 caravans appear in village

6 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

3 1/1 Concerns have been raised about "overcrowding" at a traveller site in a Norfolk village. Breckland Council has issued a warning after 23 static caravans were installed at Otterwood Kennels in Saham Toney, near Shipdham. The stop notice was handed to the landowners due to a breach of planning regulations at the site, which had temporary planning permission for one caravan.
Plans for £350k rebuild of village primary school approved

6 days ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

Broadland Council has approved plans for the redevelopment of the Fletcher Room in Acle, a mobile unit hired to Acle St Edmund pre-school. This will be removed and replaced with a larger two-room building to permit the expansion of the school and allow the site to continue to serve community groups and clubs. The rebuilding project is expected to cost a total of £350,000, which will be funded through loans and just over £50,000 in council reserves.
New plans emerge for another huge solar farm on Norfolk farmland

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

2 1/1 Plans have emerged for a huge solar farm spanning 230 acres of Norfolk farmland. Development firm Exagen has lodged proposals for the new renewables site, called Warren Wood Energy Park, off Aylsham Road in Cawston. The designs include the new solar panels as well as a battery energy storage system (BESS) and substation.
Plans emerge for 66-bed care home inside town's former feather factory

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

2 1/1 Plans have emerged for a 66-bedroom care home at the site of a former feather factory. The proposals have been lodged with South Norfolk Council and set out designs for the new facility in Park Road, Diss. Part of the site, which was previously home to the Norfolk Feather Factory, has already been earmarked for a new Aldi supermarket. The latest planning application submitted by LNT Care Developments seeks permission to build a 66-bed care home and car park.
City Hall finally reveals how much it paid for Anglia Square

1 week ago | edp24.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request submitted by this newspaper has found Norwich City Council purchased the site for £5.6m. The authority was awarded a total of £34m in government funding to cover this sum, as well as the cost of demolishing the existing buildings. Now, after years of failed attempts to redevelop the site, it is finally empty and ready for work to start.
Attleborough Town councillors have been offered the taxpayer-funded therapy sessions following a “surge in negativity” on Facebook

1 week ago | dissexpress.co.uk | Eleanor Storey

A crisis-hit town council has agreed to pay for councillors to go to therapy to cope with the stress caused by their own in-fighting sparked by a business dispute between them. Members of Attleborough Town Council have been offered the taxpayer-funded sessions following a “surge in negativity” on Facebook.