Locations for potential new settlements in Honingham, Silfield, and near Hethel have been submitted in response to a 'call for sites' by council officials, who need to hit government housing and employment land targets.

Proposals for a new settlement at Honingham Thorpe have been revived (Image: Greater Norwich Development Partnership)

Changed targets mean Norwich City Council, Broadland District Council, and South Norfolk Council have to find sites which would provide almost 2,600 homes a year between now and 2046, having previously identified where 45,000 new homes could be built between 2018 and 2038.

The Greater Norwich Local Plan allocates land which could be acceptable for new homes and the creation of jobs (Image: Greater Norwich Local Plan)

The government's target change has prompted a review of a blueprint for where homes could be acceptable - known as the Greater Norwich Local Plan.

That led the councils to appeal to landowners, developers, and other interested parties to put forward potential sites, so they can consider whether they should be included in a blueprint which will shape where housing and employment could be acceptable.

Almost 500 sites have been put forward.

A new garden village at Honingham Thorpe is back on the radar (Image: Nick Butcher)

Among them are proposals for new 'garden villages' on 1,275 acres of land........

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