Elizabethan building made using timber from the Spanish Armada to go under the hammer for £350,000

Trivedi, 40, bought Garsett House for £432,000 at the end of 2022. He submitted plans to convert the four storey, 2,099-square-foot building from commercial space into housing the following year, enlisting an experienced heritage consultant. These were rejected by Norwich City Council, but a new application, submitted earlier this year, is still awaiting a decision. It has been delayed, he says, by the council’s new nutrient neutrality guidance, which works to ensure that new development does not adversely impact protected natural areas, and puts plans under additional scrutiny.