A blueprint for where at least 1,200 new homes could be built in dozens of Norfolk villages over the next 15 years has been backed by councillors.
South Norfolk Council has drawn up potential locations in the district for new homes to be built between now and 2038.
More than 100 villages are included in the South Norfolk Village Clusters Housing Allocations Plan, including Mulbarton, Barnham Broom, Wicklewood, Brooke, Hales, Barford, Swardeston, Gillingham, Bunwell, Earsham, Newton Flotman, Tasburgh, Stoke Holy Cross and Bressingham.
The villages and parishes have been divided into 48 different clusters, largely based on primary school catchment areas and factors such as access to services and the suitability of roads.
In most cases, sites allocated through the plan would take between 12 to 50 homes, with council officers saying they been distributed as widely as possible in achieve a variety of housing options.
The larger sites proposed for allocation are:
Alpington - 25 homes at Church Meadow
Ashwellthorpe and Fundenhall - 15 homes to the west of New Road
Aslacton - 35 homes off Church Road
Barford - 20 homes at Cock Street and Watton Road and 40 at Chapel Street
Barnham Broom - 40 homes on the corner of Bell Road and Norwich Road
Bawburgh - 35 homes east of Stocks Hill
Bergh Apton - 25 homes on former concrete works site, Church Road
Bressingham - 40 homes east of School Road
Brooke - 50 homes at Norwich Road
Broome - 12 homes at Old Yarmouth Road
Bunwell - 15 homes to the north of Bunwell Street and 20 homes opposite Lilac Farm, Bunwell Street
Ditchingham - 35 homes on Thwaite Rd/ Tunneys Lane
Earsham - 25 homes east of School Road and 25 north of The Street
Ellingham - 25 homes south of Mill Road and 12 homes on Florence Way
Geldeston - 20 homes off Kells Way
Gillingham - 40 homes south of Geldeston Road
Great Moulton - 12 homes west of Heather Way
Haddiscoe - 35 homes at Haddiscoe Manor Farm
Hales & Heckingham - 35 homes off Briar Lane, West Hales
Hempnall - 15 homes at Millfields
Little Melton - 35 homes at School Lane and Burnthouse Lane
Mulbarton - 35 homes south of Rectory Lane
Needham - 15 homes north of High Road and Harman's Lane
Newton Flotman - 25 homes south of Alan Avenue
Pulham St Mary - 50 homes northwest of Norwich Road and Poppy’s Lane
Rockland St Mary - 25 homes west of Lower Rd, south of New Inn Hill.
Seething - 12 homes west of Mill Lane
Spooner Row - 15 homes west of Bunwell Rd and 25 on land south of Station Road
Stoke Holy Cross - 25 homes north of Long Lane
Swardeston - 20 homes off Bobbins Way and 40 off Main Road
Tacolneston - 25 homes west of Norwich Road
Thurlton - 12 homes north of Blacksmiths Gardens and 15 next to Holly Cottage, west of Beccles Road
Tivetshall St Mary - 20 homes at Pear Tree Farm, west of The Street
Wicklewood - 30 homes south of Wicklewood Primary School and 12 homes off Hackford Road
Winfarthing - 20 homes west of Hall Road ans 20 homes off The Street
Woodton - 50 homes on land south of Church Road
Wortwell - 12 homes on land at Mill Hill, High Road
If approved, the document will be used to help decide the outcome of future planning applications for the villages.
Inclusion in the plan makes it more likely that applications for homes in those locations would secure planning permission.
If the blueprint is approved by the authority's full council it is hoped a planning inspector will examine the plan in the autumn, after which it would become policy.
The plan has been developed alongside the approved Greater Norwich Local Plan, which earmarks where 45,000 new homes could be built in Norwich, South Norfolk and Broadland between by 2038.
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