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Search the Public Notice PortalA scheme that has been in the pipeline for more than a decade faces further delays due to lead contamination.
Environmental consultants, Geo2Tek, identified the hazard, which poses serious health risks, during a ground survey in August at the disused building site earmarked to become Angel Yard.
Work on building the 34 new homes in two four-storey blocks and six terraced houses, with shared amenity space and a communal garden, was due to begin at the end of 2024.
But contractors have only just finished clearing the area on the corner of Oak Street and Sussex Street despite the project being given the go-ahead by City Hall in November 2024.
The scheme has struggled to get off the ground since a group of people came together to purchase the land in 2015.
They hoped to secure more than £6m in funding for the development through a grant from Homes England.
A spokesman from Norwich City Council said: "Development is required to start within the standard three-year deadline.
"No revised plans have been submitted since approval in 2024.”
Prior to development, part of the site had been occupied by shipping containers for the storage of building supplies.
Jacob Huntley, Labour councillor for Mile Cross, said: "It’s extremely good news that this brownfield site is at last being turned into a new development.
"There are many other derelict sites across the city, and these are important opportunities for developing affordable, and ideally social housing to meet people's needs."
Lead contamination is a widespread environmental hazard primarily found in soil, dust, water, and older buildings, posing serious health risks, especially to children, such as seizures.
In adults, exposure can lead to heart disease, kidney problems and complications during pregnancy.
In 2022, officials noted that lead contamination was beneath paving at the Angel Yard site, reducing the risk of exposure.
However, the contamination has since spread to areas where houses would be built on top of.
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