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Norwich NHS opens health containers at St Saviour's Yard, NR3 Three containers at St Saviour's Yard now house mental health assessment, alcohol support and debt advice for NR3. The pilot runs until February 2027. · 4 min read Norwich Norwich Energy Plan: 2,766 homes a year must drop gas Norwich's draft Energy Plan needs 2,766 homes off fossil-fuel heating every year to 2045, and up to 11,780 public EV chargers. Consultation closes 22 September. · 5 min read What's On Norwich Heritage Open Days: 146 free events, 48 drop-in Booking opened on 26 August and the organisers say many events are already full. But 48 of Norwich's 146 free openings need no ticket at all. Dates, times and caps. · 8 min read Local Info Norwich Bin Collection Days: Bank Holidays Add a Day Every Norwich round slips a day after a bank holiday, so Friday becomes Saturday. Brown bin £65, bulky from £24.50, two working days to report a miss. · 7 min read Local Info Parking in Norwich: All Day Is £7.30 or £22.40 Rouen Road is £7.30 for over five hours, Chantry £22.40 for the same stay. Every council tariff, the 37 permit zones, and why nothing is free on a bank holiday. · 9 min read Local Info Norwich Council Tax Bands 2026/27: Band D £2,503.43 Band D in Norwich is £2,503.43 this year, and only £315.26 of it stays with the city council. Every band A to H, who takes what, and the 100% support scheme. · 6 min read Norwich Norwich Airport shut all day Friday 28 August Norwich Airport is shut to all flights on Friday 28 August as air traffic controllers strike for 24 hours. What your airline owes you, and what it does not. · 6 min read Norwich Chapelfield bandstand reopens after £315,249 repair Norwich's 1899 bandstand is back in use after a £315,249 Historic England grant. It has gained a ramp, power points and stage lighting, and anyone can book it. · 4 min read Norwich Norwich Local Plan: 18 sites put forward, comment by 28 Sept Landowners have put 18 Norwich sites into the new Local Plan, from Carrow Works to Duke Street. The scoping consultation closes at 5pm on 28 September. · 9 min read Norwich Norwich house prices fall £3,729 in a month to £230,706 Norwich's average home lost £3,729 in June, the 10th steepest monthly fall of 295 English districts, though prices are still 3.6% up on the year. · 6 min read Norwich Signpost Financial Planning failed: claim up to £85,000 The FSCS declared the Norwich-registered adviser in default on 12 August, so former clients can claim up to £85,000. Its liquidation paid creditors nothing. · 6 min read Norwich River Wensum flow lowest for an August since 1991 The Wensum at Costessey Mill has averaged 0.75 cubic metres a second this month, a third of normal for August, and 14 abstractors have been ordered to stop. · 5 min read
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Norwich has a tight boundary. The city council’s area stops well short of where the city actually stops, so streets that are Norwich in every practical sense sit in the districts next door and get their bins collected by somebody else. That is one of the reasons this site exists. It was due to change in April 2028, when a new Greater Norwich authority would have taken in the city along with parishes from Broadland and South Norfolk, but the government withdrew that decision on 7 September 2026 and put the whole reorganisation under review.

Until then, and after it, our job is the same. Read what the council publishes, the planning register, the licensing notices, the committee papers and the budgets, and write down what is in them plainly, with a link to the source on every fact.

Start here

  • Norwich house prices: £230,000 is the middle of the past year’s sales, and the ward tables show why that number moves so much across the city.
  • Trains to London: 1 hour 39 minutes on the fastest train, £10,716 a year on a season ticket, and every weekday departure.
  • Roadworks and travel: what is closed now, the A47 Thickthorn work, and all six park and ride sites.
  • Things to do in Norwich: the castle keep is open again, and ten more days out in the city cost nothing.
  • Planning: housing need is up 34%, land supply is 4.85 years, and Anglia Square is coming down.

The main sections

  • News: the record, from the planning register to the courts.
  • Local Info: the practical pages above, kept current.
  • What’s On: what is happening in Norwich this week.

Nothing is published here that we cannot link to a source.