Plans for the next phase of gas-free townhouses in Sneinton have been submitted by the developer after the land was purchased around five years ago.
Nottingham City Council sold a portion of land next to the Victoria Leisure Centre and Sneinton Market to developer Blueprint back in 2018.
The land, off Bath Street, was sold as the council continued its efforts to regenerate the Sneinton Market area.
Significant work began in 2012 when the council undertook a £6.8m regeneration of Sneinton Market square, alongside a £9m refurbishment of the Victoria Leisure Centre.
Blueprint’s development is called the Fruit Market, celebrating the area’s history as a once-thriving fruit market, and the first phase is expected to be completed early next year.
A total of 13 homes have already been built and the majority sold, and Blueprint has now submitted its plans for the second and third phase which will include 22 townhouses, 4 duplex apartments and an ancillary commercial building.
Planning documents, submitted in August this year, say: “Phase 1 of the Fruit Market development is on site at present.
“Phases 2 and 3 comprise 26 new residential units, a combination of three storey, three-bed terraced houses and four storey two-bed duplexes as well as associated landscaping and open space.
“The aim of this development is to provide a scheme that respects the
neighbouring housing whilst having a distinct sense of place.”
The new homes will be completely gas-free with air-source heat pumps and underfloor heating, making the scheme “one of the most energy-efficient, future-proofed housing developments in the city”, the developer says.
All the homes will therefore achieve an energy efficiency rating of B as a minimum, helping to reduce energy waste.
Residents will also be encouraged to get involved in the planting of greenery in the shared courtyard, and they will be assisted in planting their own front yards with guides for pot planting and wildlife ponds.
The homes in the first phase of the development were custom-built, allowing prospective homeowners to choose custom designs from a catalogue.
However, the second and third phases will not be custom made and will instead be adaptations of the homes in the first phase.
Blueprint says this is due to changing market conditions.
In June this year, the developer says the Fruit Market project was shortlisted for the Housing Design Awards, for its contribution to the transformation of the Sneinton Market area of Nottingham, a former fruit and veg wholesale market on the fringe of the city centre.
Blueprint says: “Designed by architects Letts Wheeler, every home on the Fruit Market development is unique, each centred around a shared garden that has been largely designed by the local community and will be owned, curated and managed by residents.
“These new eco homes will introduce high-quality, high-value homes into an area where that demand is not currently being met.
“Many of the properties in the project’s first phase have already been sold, with future homeowners working with Blueprint before planning was submitted to customise their homes.”
The application comes after the Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) for the area was approved by city councillors, outlining the council’s plans to better balance the development of student accommodation and residential housing in the Sneinton Market area.
The council will now consider Blueprint’s plans.
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