The demolition of a former city bed shop is to go ahead after plans to transform it into housing were given the green light.

The former World of Beds store in Mile Cross will be transformed into five three-bed and two two-bed homes after its planned demolition in July.

It comes after a decision on plans for the Curtis Road site was initially delayed after concerns were raised over road access by Norfolk County Council's highways team.

Plans to build the homes were originally approved in March last year, but a highways official said vehicular access to the development needed to be improved before the former bed shop was demolished along with water drainage issues being rectified.

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They also said workers must ensure they do not damage the carriageway after the demolition work was applied for in April by developers Cannon Clarke Architects.

The conditions of approval will ensure the building is checked for asbestos before the demolition begins and that work does not affect wildlife living nearby and adjoining roads.

Workers will also have to take a number of precautions to ensure minimal impact on those living nearby including only working between 8am and 4.30pm from Monday to Friday, between 8am and 1pm on Saturday and not at all on Sundays or bank holidays.

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However, many of the highways team's recommendations were not inserted into the approval.

Ahead of last year's meeting which saw the new homes approved, nine neighbours wrote to the council about the scheme, with concerns about overlooking and loss of privacy.

But council officer Maria Hammond said she considered the plans to be suitable, redeveloping a prominent but irregularly shaped plot, saying visual impacts could be mitigated.

There have been no objections to the demolition plans.

While the demolition takes place the building will be covered in a six-foot-high dark blue timber hoarding.