Wymondham school, Eaton Park and Aylsham gym to get cash

And a community sports hub has also been handed a boost in its bid to secure millions to expand further.

Council leaders met to decide how to spend money raised through the community infrastructure levy - a tax on developers who have built homes in Norfolk.

In setting out its five-year plan for how to spend that cash, members of the Greater Norwich Growth Board - made up of leaders from Norfolk, Norwich, South Norfolk and Broadland councils - added projects in Norwich, Wymondham, Aylsham and Horsford to the list.

The biggest share will go to Wymondham High Academy, which councillors agreed should get £2.5m for its proposed expansion.

Planned for 2025/26, that will be the fourth phase of development to meet the growing pupil demand from the housing development in the town.

The expansion is expected to include a new gymnasium and a new design and
technology block.

Wymondham High School will get money for a further extension (Image: Copyright: Archant 2015)

The board agreed to make £650,000 available to The Nest in Horsford, on the edge of Norwich, to help with its efforts to secure £8.1m for its expansion.

The sports community centre wants to build a new multi-sport indoor hub, including a sports hall, climbing wall, classrooms, a fitness studio, cafe and changing rooms.

Match-funding has been made available for The Nest (Image: Alex Guest/Community Sports Foundation)

A pledge of match-funding will help The Nest with its applications to secure money from other sources, including from the government.

The board also agreed to award £400,000 to Aylsham Gym and Fitness Hub - a proposed community centre at the town's high school site.

The pavilion at Eaton Park is set for a revamp (Image: Archant)

Just over £330,000 was earmarked for Eaton Park in Norwich, to renovate the changing rooms in the central pavilion.

And almost £200,000 was set aside for an extension to Plumstead Road Library, in the east of Norwich.

John Fuller, leader of South Norfolk Council (Image: Newsquest)

John Fuller, leader of South Norfolk Council, said he was "enthused" by the schemes and said they were precisely what the community infrastructure levy money should be being spent on.