More than 60 homes and a new supermarket could be built on a former industrial site next to Nottingham’s City Hospital.
The vacant site is the former home of Chronos Richardson – a manufacturer of packaging systems – in Wyton Close and is partly owned by Nottingham City Council.
And another application could see part of the site turned into a Lidl in Belconnen Road, which would create 40 jobs.
Both plans will be decided on at Nottingham City Council’s planning committee on September 21.
Applicant MyPad has asked the city council to turn the 1.6ha site into a residential development of 62 homes.
On the east side of the site, there will be 50 houses with access off Wyton Close and to the west side of the site, there will be 12 flats off Belconnen Road.
The one, two, three and four bed homes and flats will be available as shared ownership or for social rent.
The Nottingham Local Access Forum has raised a number of objections including the lack of cycle storage for the housing development and the quality of cycle storage proposed for the apartments, which they said was “insufficient”.
Nine people have supported the plans for the supermarket, saying the site being brought back into use would reduce vandalism and “provide a much-needed local supermarket for the Bestwood area”.
Council documents state: “The site is a vacant former industrial site that has been cleared. The re-use of brownfield sites is actively encouraged and supported by the national and local planning policy.
“All properties benefit from a private rear garden and have access to areas of public realm within the development as well as links to existing footpaths beyond the site boundary, ensuring all residents will have access to adequate outdoor amenity space and greenspace.
“It is considered that the proposed development would provide a satisfactory living environment for future occupiers and would avoid any significant impact upon the amenity of existing residential properties in the area.”
Documents for the Lidl application added: “The proposed development would bring the vacant site back into an economic use and create an estimated 40 full-time jobs, leading to direct and indirect benefits to the local economy.”
Both plans are recommended for approval subject to funding from the developer to mitigate impacts on the local area.
