Plans have been revealed for 29 affordable homes to be built in a village best known for its huge telecommunications tower.
An application from Crimson Development Homes seeks to build a mixture of one to four-bedroom properties in land west of Norwich Road in Tacolneston, near Wymondham.
Crimson, which is a part of the South Norfolk-based housing association Saffron, provides "homes and services to tenants, offering affordable homes for those in housing need and specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults".
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The proposals for Talconeston would see the development of five one-bedroom houses, four one-bed flats, 10 two-bed houses, three two-bed bungalows, six three-bed houses and one four-bed house, together with associated parking.
The properties would be a mix of one and two storeys in height on the land in front of Hill Top Farm.
Seventeen of these homes would be built as affordable rent dwellings and the remaining 12 would be shared ownership.
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The development has been designed to consist of solely affordable housing - a need highlighted by South Norfolk Council officers during discussions with Crimson.
The proposed layout shows public open space distributed throughout the site, with the main open spaces located centrally.
This would include an 'activity zone' situated within the central public open space south of the spine road.
A planning statement submitted to the authority features a note from officers that reads: "The recently undertaken housing needs survey has demonstrated a local need for an affordable housing development of the scale and mix proposed.
"The number of dwellings exceeds that envisaged in the Greater Norwich Local draft plan but this includes a higher proportion of smaller dwellings to meet the demonstrated local need.
"Therefore, an affordable housing scheme of this density would be likely to be acceptable in this instance."
The Tacolneston transmitting station is to the east of the village, which was built in 1956 and stands at 656ft tall, supplying analogue and digital TV and radio signals.
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