New housing in Norwich City Council
We read Norwich City Council's planning register every day. We hold 19,441 of its planning applications going back to 2008, and 42 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 111% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 111% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 19,441
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 23 | 0 |
| 2025 | 50 | 32 | 4 |
| 2024 | 60 | 42 | 9 |
| 2023 | 48 | 28 | 10 |
| 2022 | 67 | 34 | 10 |
| 2021 | 84 | 46 | 17 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | Address not given Redevelopment of Victoria House, comprising the erection of up to 432 residential units (Class C3) commercial, business and service floorspace (Class E), together with open space, car and cycle parking, and associated… 25/01187/F | At appeal | 4 Nov 2025 |
| 325 | Carrow Works Bracondale Norwich Norfolk NR1 2DD EIA Scoping Opinion request for a residential-led development of up to 325 units. BA/2026/0302/SCOCON | Decided | 28 Oct 2026 |
| 89 | Address not given Reserved Matters for erection of 89 dwellings and associated works, including continued use of temporary construction compound, in connection with application 12/00703/O as varied by 24/00069/VC. 24/00070/RM | Approved | 19 Jan 2024 |
| 67 | Address not given Erection of 67 dwellings, the removal of northern wall, demolition of existing garages, creation of open space, new landscaped area, new cycle and footway links and associated works (phase 1 of redevelopment). 24/00134/NF3 | Approved | 7 Feb 2024 |
| 48 | Address not given Construction of 48 No. residential units and associated works. 23/00892/F | Approved | 4 Dec 2023 |
| 40 | Address not given Conversion of first, second and third floor offices to 40 no. dwellings, creation of fourth floor to provide 4 no. dwellings and change of use of ground floor of 9 Westlegate to create access stairwell to dwellings. 24/00523/F | Refused | 16 May 2024 |
| 24 | Address not given Change of use from office to 24no. flats with associated parking and refuse store (retrospective). 25/00384/F | At appeal | 9 Jun 2025 |
| 19 | Address not given Construction of 19 flats with associated works. 25/00272/F | At appeal | 10 Mar 2025 |
| 9 | Address not given Demolition of existing public house and relocation of existing car sales to facilitate the construction of 9 new dwellings with associated cycle storage, car parking, and residential amenity space. 25/01271/F | At appeal | 9 Dec 2025 |
| 8 | Garages Rear Of 6 - 16 Clancy Road Norwich Erection of 8no. flats, demolition of garages, creation of bin storage, cycle storage, landscaping and associated works. 25/00848/F | Approved | 6 Aug 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Norwich City Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.