406-home housing development at Land West Of Colney Lane, Cringleford
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by South Norfolk Broadland South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee on 19 Nov 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application proposed 406 dwellings, including affordable housing, access, parking, open space, landscaping, infrastructure and associated works.
“: Development of 406 dwellings (use Class C3) including affordable housing, access, car parking, new areas of open space, landscaping, infrastructure and associated works.”
Minutes
The committee decision
Members voted unanimously to delegate approval, subject to mitigation, technical matters, delivery arrangements and completion of a legal agreement.
“Members voted unanimously to delegated authority to approve subject to NN mitigation, resolution of Highways and LLFA details, self-build delivery mechanism and the completion of the S106 to secure affordable housing, Open Space, Offsite Highway improvements, Self build provisions, RAMs payment, skylark mitigation and BNG monitoring fee and relevant conditions.”
Minutes
Planning conditions
The listed conditions covered timing, drawings, archaeology, construction, ecology, highways, drainage, landscaping, lighting, noise, materials and hydrants.
“1 Time Limit - Full Permission 2 In accordance with submitted drawings 3 Archaeological work to be agreed 4 Construction Management Plan 5 Construction Environmental Management Pl 6 Tree protection 7 Arboricultural Method Statement 8 Updated Bat Survey 9 Badger Mitigation Strategy 10 Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan 11 Implementation of Habitat Management Pl 12 Submission of BNG Monitoring reports 13 Construction Traffic (Parking) 14 Construction Traffic Management (A)…”
“35 External materials to be agreed 36 hydrants…”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Vic ThomsonChairConservativeFor
- Kieran MurphyChairConservativeFor
- Gary BlundellIndependentFor
- James EddyLabourFor
- Trevor GrahamConservativeFor
- John OvertonConservativeFor
- Dave RobertsLib DemFor
From a unanimous vote of the 7 members present for this item.
Apologies Georgina Race Labour, Delme Thompson Conservative
Also attending Clayton Hudson Independent
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- South Norfolk Broadland South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee minutes, 19 November 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Council
- South Norfolk Broadland
- Date
- Wednesday 19 November 2025
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Vote
- Unanimous
- Councillors
- 7Conservative 4Labour 1Lib Dem 1Independent 1Show votes
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
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This committee's year
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Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.