When will three Norwich buildings have their fate decided?

But there are also those many buildings scattered across Norwich that stand derelict and seemingly forgotten.

These buildings have been boarded up and graffitied while planning decisions over them take years to be made. 

Ailwyn Hall on Lower Clarence, for example, which used to be a railway social club, has been unused for the last 20 years.

But plans to demolish the derelict building and replace it with a 94-bedroom hotel were submitted by Lower Clarence Road Investment Limited four years ago.

Ailwyn Court on Lower Clarence (Image: Archant) After years of waiting, Norwich City Council revealed that the proposals are due to be put before a planning committee, who will decide its fate, by the end of the summer.

There is also the building on the corner of Ber Street and Queen's Road, where Lion Properties - the company that owns it - hopes to build four flats there.

The building on the corner of Ber Street and Queen's Road (Image: Newsquest) However, the application has been held up for the last two years over nutrient neutrality. 

Catherine Youngs, one of the founders of Lions Properties, says that work on the site has been held up by nutrient neutrality after plans were lodged two years ago.

In the meantime, the council continues to charge her rates despite her not being able to work on the derelict building.

Finally, there is the one on Bracondale, which lies next to the Deal Ground site in Trowse. 

The building on Bracondale (Image: Google Maps) The building is near the May Gurney and Deal Ground site, which is an abandoned and disused former industrial plot earmarked for 670 homes.

It was hoped that construction for the homes would start last year but a deadline over the final plans was pushed back.

The application's agreed expiry date is set for October this year, according to Norwich City Council's planning portal.

The Deal Ground and May Gurney plots are part of the East Norwich Masterplan, which would see approximately 4,000 homes built in four key areas, including Carrow Works and the Utilities site between Thorpe Hamlet and Whitlingham.