The next stage in a plan for where thousands of homes could be built in Gedling has been approved.
Gedling Borough Council’s cabinet met on Thursday (May 21) to decide on patches of Gedling’s green areas that could one day be allocated for homes.
All local authorities responsible for providing housing or land for housing use something called the ‘standard method’ to calculate housing need in their areas.
For Gedling, this number is 638 homes per year, which totals 11,484 new homes needing to be built over its local development plan period to 2043.
Because there are existing housing allocations in the borough, and various housing developments are either currently under construction or have planning permission, this large number falls to 6,045 new homes needed by 2043.
To achieve this, the Borough Council has been working to find suitable land where these several thousand homes could be built and has now narrowed down the areas, with an officer saying the focus is on ensuring “as much housing as possible” forms part of the urban sprawl of Nottingham.
These patches of green space form part of the authority’s draft Local Development Plan, the next stage of which was approved by the cabinet on Thursday.
The proposed allocations near the Nottingham urban sprawl include:
The former Sherwood Academy, Gedling – 125 homes
Lime Lane, Dorket Head – 925 homes
Mapperley Golf Course – 750 homes
Mapperley Plains East – 650 homes
New Farm, Mansfield Road, Redhill – 375 homes
Teal Close extension – an additional 500 homes added to the existing development under construction between Netherfield and Stoke Bardolph
Willow Farm extension – an additional 140 homes added to the existing development under construction
Further out, more rural areas have also been included, which could affect quieter, leafy parts of the borough, such as Bestwood Village, Calverton, Ravenshead, and the Top Wighay Farm site being expanded by hundreds of homes.
These allocations include:
Top Wighay Farm site – 880 more homes added to the existing development under construction to the north of Hucknall
Westhouse Farm, Bestwood Village extension – 300 homes added to the existing development under construction
Park Road, Calverton – 500 homes added to the existing development under construction
Mansfield Lane, Calverton – 170 homes added to the existing planning permission for the area
Kighill Lane, Ravenshead – 120 homes added to the existing allocation
Land west of Nottingham Road, Ravenshead – 50 homes
Silverland Farm on Ricket Lane, Ravenshead – 750 homes
Speaking at Thursday’s meeting, Councillor Kyle Robinson-Payne (Lab) said he was supportive of a “robust local plan” but raised existing concerns from those living in Redhill about further development and some negative public feeling towards the potential building on Mapperley Golf Club.
He said: “[Redhill] residents have already experienced congestion, and I know issues on Mansfield Road and the poor air quality issues have been highlighted in the report.
“I do think when people raise concerns about the impact of development on our roads, transport, public health, schools, GP provision, flooding, and drainage, it’s important we listen to people’s concerns.
“These proposals are now moving out to consultation and, if there is further evidence that people want to provide for the areas and locations they have concerns about, then this is precisely the moment for local people to put that forward.”
The council says it is planning a six-week consultation period from late June over the proposals, during which residents are being urged to share their views.
The authority’s leader, John Clarke (Lab), said he wants “as much press as possible” over the draft development plan’s consultation period, which will “help the council form an opinion”.
