Plans for nearly 100 new homes in the outskirts of Norwich have been given the green light.

Norwich City Council has given the go-ahead for 88 new properties to be built at its wider project on land south of Clover Hill Road in Three Score, Bowthorpe. 

This is a revision of the plans originally approved for this phase of the work by City Hall in 2014, which would have seen an area of open space and a children's play park developed at this point in the construction.

The development will be made up of 1,000 homes when completeThe development will be made up of 1,000 homes when complete (Image: Google)

This has now been pushed to phase five, with a cycle path from the north to the south developed as part of the next phase, as well as further road links around the site.

A statement from consultancy group Norse states: "There is access to open space within the development, the wider undeveloped parts of Three Score, the central tree belt and open space/play equipment in previous phases of development."

Phase five of the development will begin in the next two to five years, with developers Lion Homes promising it will include details of children’s play space within the central open space.

Work continues at the site, with plans first approved in 2014Work continues at the site, with plans first approved in 2014 (Image: Google)

Lion Homes is the housing arm of the city council and will have built around 1,000 homes in the Three Score land in Bowthorpe when the development is completed.

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Phase four will mark the halfway point for the housing estate.

The land was earmarked for homes in the 1980s, with outline permission for the 1,000-home site given in 2013 and plans for phase four being lodged in January.

Plans for the 88 new homes as part of phase four of the developmentPlans for the 88 new homes as part of phase four of the development (Image: WT Design Ltd via Norwich City Council)

The plans came under fire from Labour councillor for Bowthorpe, Mike Sands, earlier this year.

He said: "There were originally plans for a school on the site but I think the county council changed its mind.

"This will cause significant problems further down the track as the primary schools in Bowthorpe haven't got the capacity for what could be hundreds more pupils."

Work will begin on phase four of the site shortly.