Proposals for a new two-classroom building at Salhouse Primary School would allow the school to take in an extra 60 children, but the plans by Norfolk County Council's children's services department have sparked objections.

Education officials say the Cheyney Avenue school needs to expand, partly because of proposals for thousands of new homes in the Rackheath area.

Salhouse Primary School (Image: Google Maps)

While that expansion for Rackheath, for up to 3,850 homes, is likely to see two new primary schools built, it would happen in phases, so existing schools will need to take in pupils in the shorter term.

Council documents state: "The........

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