{"id":46262,"date":"2026-04-03T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46262"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:05:06","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-norwich-debenhams-flat-bid-approved-by-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46262","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Norwich Debenhams flat bid approved by councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NorwichQuayside.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/NorwichQuayside.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9737\" style=\"width:378px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: Norwich by Fiona Newton<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meeting to decide the fate of a landmark building in the city centre descended into farce as a vote to block the scheme was overturned, reports the <em>Eastern Daily Press.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Eastern Daily Press<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norwich&#8217;s planning committee has approved permission for the former Debenhams building to be demolished&#8230; Initially, a majority of councillors opposed the scheme\u2026 The meeting was then adjourned\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 when the meeting started again, two of the councillors that had voted against the proposal had left and did not vote\u2026 when the meeting resumed\u2026 rejecting the plans\u2026 was opposed by four to three votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/news\/25848336.plans-turn-norwich-debenhams-building-flats-blocked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Norwich by Fiona Newton A meeting to decide the fate of a landmark building in the city centre descended into farce as a vote to block the scheme was overturned, reports the Eastern Daily Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,18,23,29,16],"class_list":["post-46262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-conservation","tag-expertise","tag-heritage","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46263,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46262\/revisions\/46263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}