Norwich City Council's cabinet will meet this week to consider awarding a £980,000 contract for enabling works at Argyle Street as part of a £2.852 million scheme to deliver 14 affordable homes on a site that has stood empty for a decade.

The enabling works - which include ground remediation, stabilisation, and piling - are needed before construction can begin, due to the site's complex ground conditions caused by historic chalk mines running beneath it.

Previous homes were demolished after tenants were moved out in 2009 when tests revealed the buildings were at risk of subsidence - where the ground beneath a property shifts or sinks.

That saga was the second time in recent decades that the street has made headlines.

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