A new home could be built next to a town's former Methodist chapel.

A developer named in planning papers as Mr S Welcomme has applied to build on land next to the chapel on Bridge Street, Downham Market.

A planning statement says the site is currently disused and overgrown, adding the "high quality development will enhance the site and the surrounding area".

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Plans submitted to West Norfolk Council show a five-bed, three-storey property, with dormer windows set into its roof.

It would be set back from the pavement behind a wall with railings.

A garden would be created between the chapel and the new property, which would be built on the western side of the site.

The planning statement concludes: "The proposal significantly improves the existing disused site both materially and visually."