# Anglia Square

Norfolk, United Kingdom · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-f7d9b58ba5` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/norfolk-anglia-square/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-f7d9b58ba5.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-f7d9b58ba5.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-f7d9b58ba5

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, retail, office | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | demolition in progress | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1970 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2025 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2025 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Alan Cooke & Partners | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Norwich City Council | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Public subsidy | grant funding from Homes England | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2024 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | Plans included over 1000 new homes, later revised to 1200 homes with 120 affordable units. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “Opened in 1970” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **year_closed**: “After the last shop left the site in May 2025, demolition commenced in November that year.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **original_developer**: “The centre was designed by Alan Cooke & Partners who handled the whole development.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **after_notes**: “After the last shop left the site in May 2025, demolition commenced in November that year.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **status**: “After the last shop left the site in May 2025, demolition commenced in November that year.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **strategy**: “In December 2024, Norwich City Council purchased Anglia Square with grant funding from Homes England and investment from Aviva Capital Partners, and unveiled new regeneration plans for the site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- **public_subsidy**: “In December 2024, Norwich City Council purchased Anglia Square with grant funding from Homes England and investment from Aviva Capital Partners, and unveiled new regeneration plans for the site.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square

## Parties

- Threadneedle Investments — owner (from text) (2014–2024)
- Norwich City Council — owner (from text) (2024–)

## Timeline

- 1970: Opened
- 1971: Odeon cinema opened
- 2014: Purchased by Threadneedle Investments
- 2018: Regeneration plans submitted
- 2020: Plans rejected by Secretary of State
- 2021: Developer announced new proposals
- 2023: Plans approved by city council
- 2024: Plans scrapped as developer pulled out
- 2024: Purchased by Norwich City Council
- 2025: Demolition commenced

## Deals and debt

- 2024 sale:  Norwich City Council   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square
- 2014 sale:  Threadneedle Investments   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Anglia Square was a shopping centre in the north of Norwich city centre, in Norfolk, England. Opened in 1970, it was part of a larger Norwich redevelopment during this period, which was also complemented by the establishment of the nearby HMSO building, Sovereign House, which opened in 1969. The square took six years to build, but was never actually finished.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglia_Square

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Anglia Square, Norfolk, United Kingdom." Record m-f7d9b58ba5, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/norfolk-anglia-square/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_norfolkangliasquare,
  title = {Anglia Square, Norfolk, United Kingdom},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/united-kingdom/norfolk-anglia-square/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-f7d9b58ba5, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.