Defeated Anglia Square housebuilder lashes out at prime minister

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2020-11-13T11:12:00

Broadway Malyan's revised Anglia Square project in Norwich

Broadway Malyan’s £271m Norwich scheme thrown out by Robert Jenrick

The volume housebuilder behind Broadway Malyan’s £271m proposal for 1,200 homes and a 20-storey tower in the centre of Norwich has vowed to appeal after the communities secretary kicked it out.

Robert Jenrick overruled his planning inspector today to reject Weston Homes’ highly controversial Anglia Square proposals, which protestors have been fighting for three years.

Jenrick said he based his decision on the proposal’s “excessive size in relation to its context” and his belief the scheme “does not demonstrate the exceptional quality required by policy”.

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