Updated: 11:19 AM July 4, 2021 The King's Arms pub at Mile Cross Road pictured in 2013. Pic: Denise Bradley - Credit: Archant 2013 Works to convert a rat-infested former pub into a social housing development are poised to get under way this summer. The compulsory purchase of the site set the wheels in motion for it to be used for the council's latest social housing project, which will be led by Broadland Housing Association. The site at Mile Cross Road in Norwich where the King's Arms pub once stood. Pic: Google Street View. - Credit: Google Street View This week, the council's cabinet is set to appoint a contractor to carry out the work which, if agreed, will begin this summer.