Fish and chip shop to be demolished for Co-op and flats

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 22 Oct, 10:33 · Archive

South Norfolk Council's planning committee will decide whether to demolish the Rembrandt Restaurant in Easton to make way for a Co-op supermarket and five flats.

The Rembrandt Restaurant in Easton is set to be demolished and replaced with a supermarket and flats after council planning officers recommended the scheme for approval. Members of South Norfolk Development Management Committee will decide on Friday whether to back the plans to replace the chip shop with a Co-op and five flats.

The proposals, first submitted in March, have provoked significant local opposition. In total, 41 people wrote to South Norfolk Council objecting to the plans, while four people backed them, welcoming a village shop. Neighbours raised concerns about the scale and design of the development, with one objector stating: 'The proposed eight-metre-tall block dwarfs neighbouring single-storey bungalows and chalet properties.' Others worried about impacts on privacy, with one resident telling the council her home would be 'severely affected by the development'.

A planning officer said in her report that 'the mixed use redevelopment is considered to be acceptable in principle, subject to detailed consideration of its design, village character, neighbouring amenity, highway, environmental and other impacts.'

How it is being reported

• Fish and chip shop set to be demolished to make way for supermarket and flatsThe Rembrandt Restaurant in Easton is set to be demolished after planning officers recommended the scheme be approved at an upcoming meeting.Norwich Evening News · 22 Oct, 10:24
• Fish and chip shop set to be demolished to make way for supermarket and flatsThe Rembrandt Restaurant in Easton is set to be demolished after planning officers recommended the scheme be approved at an upcoming meeting.Eastern Daily Press · 22 Oct, 10:24

In this story: Rembrandt Restaurant · Easton · South Norfolk Council · Co-op

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