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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 Norwich Norwich house prices up £13,117 in a year to £237,629 Norwich's average home reached £237,629 in May, the fastest annual rise since March 2023 and second only to Broadland in Norfolk. It is still below January 2023. · 3 min read Local Info Norwich house prices: £230,000 median, ward by ward The typical Norwich home sold for £230,000 over the past year, £34,000 below the Norfolk average. Prices by ward and property type, from Land Registry sales. · 12 min read Local Info Norwich train times to London: 1hr 39, £10,716 a year The fastest Norwich to London train takes 1hr 39, yet the 07:00 peak service takes 1hr 57. Every weekday departure, walk-up fares and season ticket prices. · 10 min read Local Info Norwich Roadworks: Onley Street Shut, A11 Closed 18-21 Sept Onley Street is shut for a gas main to 25 September and the A11 closes fully from 8pm on 18 September. Every current closure, plus park and ride. · 15 min read Local Info Things to do in Norwich: castle keep open, 10 free days Norwich Castle's medieval keep is open again, at £15.30 booked online. Ten more days out in the city cost nothing. Prices and opening times checked this week. · 14 min read Local Info Norwich planning: housing need up 34%, supply at 4.85 years Greater Norwich now needs 2,590 homes a year, up from 1,930, and has 4.85 years of land. What that means for Anglia Square, East Norwich and the next plan. · 14 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, and it is about to change: from April 2028 a new Greater Norwich authority is due to take in the city along with a set of parishes from Broadland and South Norfolk.

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.