Opponents of a controversial £300m mixed-use development in the centre of Norwich have called for a re-think after the government delayed a decision on whether the scheme should go ahead.

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick had been expected to rule on the Broadway Malyan scheme this week after a four-week public inquiry at the start of the year but his department said the decision had been delayed, leaving the future of the Anglia Square project uncertain.

Groups including Historic England and Save Britain’s Heritage opposed the original scheme, saying the 20-storey tower and other large buildings proposed by Weston Homes and London-based Columbia Threadneedle Investments were likely to cause Norwich city centre “calamitous damage”.

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