The city council’s decision-making body, cabinet, will meet on 16 October to consider joining a company which could help to unlock the planning permissions needed for more than 2,000 new homes.
Building these new residential properties has been blocked by a government intervention known as ‘nutrient neutrality’ which has caused the delays.
Mike Stonard, leader of Norwich City Council, said: “We have been working really hard since the government introduced the issue of nutrient neutrality in 2022 to find an answer to how we can get new homes built in affected areas.
“Cabinet will consider the proposal to join Norfolk Environmental Credits Ltd (NEC Ltd), a joint venture between several local authorities in Norfolk, giving us the chance to sign up to a scheme that can help us get more than 2,000 homes built across Norwich.”
The nutrient neutrality scheme was brought in by the previous government over growing concerns that building work was causing an increase in the pollution levels in our waterways and leaching our rivers of nutrients.
As a result, very few planning applications have been approved in Norwich since the new guidance came in.
This has caused serious disruption to housing development across the city resulting in more than 2,000 residential properties waiting to be built. For more information read the full report to be considered by cabinet on 16 October.
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