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2:37 PM April 15, 2021
Part of the land south of Parkway in King s Lynn which has been earmarked for 379 new homes
- Credit: Chris Bishop
Plans for hundreds of new homes have been given the go-ahead despite objections on environmental grounds.
West Norfolk council submitted plans for 379 new homes on 48 acres of land off Gaywood Parkway. The proposals included a new bridge across the sand line which serves the quarries at Leziate.
But more than 3,500 people have signed a petition against the development, while 242 have also objected on the council s online planning portal. Many were opposed to the loss of open space, trees and wildlife habitats.
Get your act together. Committee demands water company action over West Norfolk flooding problems Published: 07:00, 10 March 2021
Water company bosses should get their act together in response to repeated flooding incidents across West Norfolk, a borough council committee says.
The warning came as a decision on plans for a new bungalow in Gayton was deferred this week amid concerns over a lack of clarity on drainage issues at the site.
But there was little sympathy for the company during the borough council planning committee session on Monday.
Former borough mayor Colin Manning, one of Gayton s two ward councillors, said: I have been inundated with complaints about flooding.
Temporary permission granted for Congham dog breeding operation bid
| Updated: 10:19, 10 March 2021
Councillors have given the go-ahead for a dog breeding operation in a West Norfolk village, but only for a year.
Members of the borough council s planning committee voted unanimously to grant temporary consent for the site in Low Road, Congham, so that it can be monitored.
Officials had advised members to reject the application for retrospective permission, arguing that keeping up to 17 dogs and puppies on the site at once was wholly inappropriate for a residential area.
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But the applicant, Shelley Tomsett, told the committee s meeting on Monday there was no justification for the recommendation, as she claimed to have the support of both her nearest neighbours and the wider dog showing community.
Plan for bungalows near West Winch petrol station almost criminal , says councillor Published: 17:00, 09 February 2021
A councillor has branded plans to build bungalows behind a petrol station on one of West Norfolkâs busiest roads as âalmost criminal.â
A decision on the proposal for land near the Esso garage next to the A10 in West Winch was deferred by borough councillors yesterday, amid concerns over legal advice.
But West Norfolk Council planning committee member Tom Ryves slammed both the proposal and the advice of officials to approve it.
Tom Ryves.
He said academic research was âhighly criticalâ of the idea of building housing within 50 metres of a petrol station and showed pollutants could travel up to twice that distance.