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Scaled-down Anglia Square scheme approved by Norwich City Council after housing secretary’s intervention
Planning permission has finally been granted for Weston Home’s controversial Anglia Square development in Norwich, seven years after the development was first proposed.
Approval was initially given in 2018, but after protestors secured a public inquiry, it was overturned by then housing secretary Robert Jenrick.
Jenrick branded the original plan to build 1,200 homes, including a 20-storey tower block, a cinema, 3,000sq m of commercial space and a multi-storey car park “excessive”.
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