5 public notices to be aware of in Norfolk this week

1. New Costa Coffee drive-thru

The current Costa in Hall Road Retail Park (Image: Google) Plans to build a new Costa Coffee drive-thru in Norwich have been approved.

The chain lodged the application earlier this year.

The new unit will be built at the Hall Lane Retail Park in an existing section of the car park near Home Bargains and the Food Warehouse. 

A total of 41 parking spaces will be lost as a result.

2. Plans for new homes approved in Reedham

The entrance to Barn Owl Close off Station Road in Reedham (Image: Owen Sennitt) Broadland Council has approved plans to extend Barn Owl Close in Reedham.

An additional 27 properties will be built.

The developers, Badger Building, first submitted the plans in 2022 and locals have since expressed their concerns about the growth of the estate.

3. A47 closures

The next phase of closures has been announced (Image: Dan Grimmer)

National Highways has announced another set of closures on the A47.

These are necessary for the ongoing £250 million project to dual the stretch between North Tuddenham and Easton. 

Between 8pm and 6am from October 22 to October 24, one lane will be closed and temporary traffic lights will be in place between Taverham Road and the Easton roundabout.

One lane will be closed and temporary traffic lights will be in place between the Fox Lane and Low Road junctions between 8pm and 6am from October 24 to October 26.

Norwich Road and Lyng Road in North Tuddenham will be fully closed from October 28 to November 1, between 7.30am and 5pm.

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4. Supermarket could become funeral home

The Lidl in Drayton Road closed in 2023 (Image: Newsquest)

Plans have been lodged to turn the former Lidl in Drayton Road, Norwich, into a Co-op Funeral Services branch.

The firm bought the site in May and a spokesman said Norwich Council is likely to consider the proposal until December.

The Lidl was one of the oldest in the UK and closed its doors in 2023.

5. Diss road to close for resurfacing

Heywood Road will close for two days (Image: Google)

Heywood Road in Diss will be closed for two days from October 28.

This is while £40,700 resurfacing works are completed on a 100m stretch north of its junction with Sunnyside.

A diversion route will be in place, taking traffic from Mount Street towards the A140 bypass and back to rejoin Heywood Road.