A key decision is due to be made on more than 150 new homes in Linby.
A total 763 homes are being built at Top Wighay, near Hucknall and the village of Linby.
The site is also home to Nottinghamshire County Council’s £19 million Oak House office building, which had been built with the intention of entirely replacing the ageing County Hall.
Plans for phase 3B of the development, which totals 158 homes, are due before Gedling Borough Council’s planning committee on Wednesday (June 3).
These reserved matters plans, which include the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, have been tipped for approval.
They have previously been approved for Vistry to build, however they have since returned under a new housebuilder; Persimmon.
“The density of development is acceptable, and the layout considered to respect the character of the area,” planning documents say.
“The design of the dwellings is acceptable with a mixture of materials and scale of properties, with public open space overlooked and residential amenity respected.”
The whole site is 40.347 hectares (just over 99 acres), while the development site is 5.61 hectares (almost 14 acres).
It is located to the north of Hucknall, and west of Linby village.
The village’s parish council has objected to the new reserved matters plans.
According to the parish council, the proposed development under Persimmon seeks “the removal and material alteration of pedestrian and cycle connections and green amenity space shown on the outline planning permission.”
“Reserved matters cannot materially depart from the approved plans,” the authority said.
It also criticised the boundaries of the scheme, and the “poor design of proposed dwellings, by virtue of a number of blank or inactive street-facing elevations, close-boarded fences facing the public realm, a cramped layout, large areas of hardstanding, and too little soft landscaping.”
However, planning documents say the council’s planners consider the layout to be “in accord” with the site masterplan, while design concerns “are not shared”.
The meeting will take place on Wednesday at 6pm at the council’s chamber.
