The timetable to build the West Winch Access Road near King's Lynn has slipped because of the need for negotiations over the cost to move two gas pipelines, coupled with previous Whitehall delays in agreeing the outline business case for the scheme.

Norfolk County Council had hoped work could start next spring, but officials say it is now more likely to be winter next year, or even spring 2027 before diggers begin building the 1.5-mile road.

And that would mean the road would not be completed until the end of 2028, a year later than the council had been anticipating.

The Conservative-controlled council's planning committee agreed to grant permission for the road, to link the A47 and A10, on Friday, but, just hours later, officials revealed a fly in the ointment

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