Plans to knock down the base of a former Norfolk coach company to make way for housing have been given the green light.
A bid to build four new homes at Spratts Garage in Wreningham, near Hethel, has been approved by South Norfolk Council.
For almost 80 years it was the base of Spratts Coaches, once a Norfolk institution, which closed its doors in 2018.
The site, which sits in the heart of the village opposite the primary school, has become derelict after being unused for five years.
Nigel Legg, the councillor for Wreningham, told Wednesday’s development committee the site is not suitable for business use because the roads are too narrow.
He said: “Any sort of form employment use is quite out of the question.
“The only solution really is to develop it for housing.”
Councillor Clayton Hudson said he remembers using Spratts coaches when he was a boy, saying they did a “huge service to south Norfolk” but the site has no commercial value any longer.
The application was unanimously approved.
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