Eight-year-old plans for homes and shops in a Nottingham suburb have been scrapped.
Apartments, houses and shops had been proposed on the site of the Southglade Convenience Store on Southglade Road, Bestwood.
Under the long-standing plans, submitted back in 2018, a three-storey building would have featured three shops on the ground floor and 15 apartments on the upper floors.
Eight semi-detached homes had also been planned at the back of the building.
They had been tabled by the owner of the store, Mr V. Lalli.
According to Nottingham City Council, a review of planning case files has taken place, and the Bestwood plans have remained undetermined ever since being submitted almost a decade ago, in June 2018.
The legal time frames for deciding on the application and for submitting an appeal to the Secretary of State against non-determination have now passed.
As such, they have been scrapped.
“We’ve got too many houses here anyway,” said Michael Kelly, 73, who lives in the area.
He said he wanted to see more facilities for young people in the area rather than homes, adding: “They need to invest more money in facilities for the youngsters, give them some enjoyment and make it affordable.
“They need something to keep them occupied, give them a challenge that isn’t going to cost a lot of money. That’s the way you’ve got to look at it.”
Prison officer Simbarashe Chikava, 33, said they weren’t aware of the plans.
“I think Southglade needs better facilities and more recreational areas,” they said, before adding that there were already too many shops: “We don’t need any more supermarkets.
“We’ve got Aldi and Tesco down the road.”
Meanwhile, stay-at-home mum Naila Asghar, 35, said she had hoped for more shops, particularly supermarkets, but she too felt more homes were not needed.
Another resident of nearby Astrid Gardens for 50 years, who asked to remain anonymous, added: “I wasn’t aware of the plans. Before they build homes, we need logistics [and infrastructure], such as shops, doctors, chemists and schools.
“They knocked down Padstow Secondary School and built a load of housing on the site.
“They need to be putting in better infrastructure at the same time they build the houses, because otherwise, where are children going to go to school? Where are they going to go to the doctors?”
Explaining why the plans failed to materialise, principal planning officer Phil Shaw said: “Given the length of time since the application was submitted, it has been treated as ‘finally disposed of’.
“This means that no further work will be carried out on the application and that a formal decision will not be issued.”
If the applicant wishes to proceed with the plans in the future, a new application must be submitted.
By Joe Locker, Local Democracy Reporter