Hundreds of homes are progressing across Nottinghamshire with public funding, while several other developments have been withdrawn from the programme or remain in the pipeline.
A series of housing developments across Nottinghamshire and Nottingham have secured funding from the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA).
Some are already under construction or nearing completion, while others are expected to begin in the coming months.
However, several schemes originally considered for funding have since been ruled ineligible, withdrawn or disappeared from EMCCA’s published lists. Two proposed developments in Retford remain under consideration.
Losing EMCCA support does not necessarily mean a development has been scrapped. Developers may proceed without the grant, seek alternative funding or revise their plans.
Approved developments
Former Flowserve site, Hawton Lane, Balderton
EMCCA approved £1,738,622 towards the delivery of all 309 homes on the former Flowserve pump factory site in Balderton, near Newark.
Residents have already begun moving into the development. Of the homes, 171 are being sold on the private market, while 138 are being sold or let as affordable housing.
White Hart Street, Mansfield
Funding of £1 million was approved in March for the White Hart Street development in Mansfield.
The scheme forms part of Mansfield District Council’s wider plans to regenerate a long-derelict part of the town centre, previously occupied by businesses including a printing workshop and tannery.
The funding will support 43 affordable homes during the first phase. Work is expected to begin later in 2026 and be completed in 2028.
Burns Lane, Warsop
EMCCA is providing £549,000 towards a Nottingham Community Housing Association development at Burns Lane in Warsop.
The project will provide 19 homes, comprising 15 affordable properties and four shared-ownership homes.
Leivers Court, Arnold
Funding of £290,000 has been approved for 30 homes at the former Leivers Court care home in Arnold.
The building has remained vacant and boarded up since closing in 2019.
Nottingham Community Housing Association plans to replace it with homes for people who require care and support but want to live independently.
Gedling Borough Council approved the demolition of the former care home in February.
Bowbridge Road, Newark
A further Nottingham Community Housing Association project has secured £880,000 for 88 flats, family homes and bungalows at Bowbridge Road.
The funding amounts to £10,000 for each property.
Construction began in February and is expected to be completed by early 2027. The site had previously stood vacant for more than a decade.
Former Three Lions pub, Meden Vale
Plans to demolish the former Three Lions pub and build 41 homes faced opposition from some residents.
Planning permission was nevertheless granted in January, with £400,000 of EMCCA funding approved in March.
Arkwright Street, Nottingham
Developer Cassidy Group has secured £7.2 million for a development on land between Crocus Street and the tram line at Meadows Way.
The site has remained vacant for years and has been the subject of several previous planning applications.
The current scheme would provide 319 apartments.
Trent Basin West, Nottingham
A grant of £2 million was approved in March towards 87 homes at Trent Basin, close to the new Waterside Bridge.
Around 350 homes are planned across the wider development, with properties expected to range in price from £200,000 to £500,000.
Simpson Park, Harworth
Developer Harworth Estates secured just under £400,000 for 14 homes at Simpson Park, a development of around 1,000 properties on the northern edge of Nottinghamshire.
The one and two-bedroom bungalows will be fully accessible and provided as affordable housing.
Funding was approved in May.
Thoresby Vale, Edwinstowe
EMCCA also approved £1.165 million towards 60 homes at Thoresby Vale, the development being built on the former Thoresby Colliery site.
Around 1,000 homes are planned across the site.
Of the 60 properties supported by the funding, 40 will be affordable and 20 will be sold privately. The development will include homes ranging from one to four bedrooms.
Nottingham War Rooms, Beechdale
Plans to convert the former Cold War bunker in Beechdale into 104 homes were announced in January 2025.
Planning permission was granted in November 2025, and work began in May 2026.
EMCCA is providing £2 million towards the project.
Schemes no longer receiving funding
EMCCA documents state that projects can fall out of the programme for several reasons.
These include developers changing their plans, schemes being unable to meet deadlines, applicants failing to respond after submitting an initial bid and projects not meeting the funding criteria.
The loss of funding does not automatically mean the underlying housing development has been abandoned.
Arnside Road, Nottingham
Developer MyPad applied for £1.1 million towards 113 homes near Nottingham City Hospital.
Planning permission was granted, but subsequent assessments found the scheme was not eligible for the funding.
The developer has said the project will still go ahead without EMCCA support.
Former Friar Tuck pub, Arnold
The Friar Tuck closed in October 2024 after plans to replace the pub with more than 50 retirement flats were approved.
Developer McCarthy Stone applied for £765,000 towards the development.
Work had not begun by November 2025, and it emerged in February that the funding application had been withdrawn following what was described as a reset of the developer’s strategic priorities.
Former Henry Mellish School, Bulwell
Plans were previously put forward for 45 homes on the former Henry Mellish School site on Highbury Road.
The developers applied for £312,000, but assessments concluded that the proposal did not meet the requirements of the Brownfield Housing Fund.
Island Quarter, Nottingham
The Island Quarter was among the first 12 projects selected for potential funding in August 2024.
Conygar Investments sought £4.16 million towards the construction of 322 homes east of Nottingham city centre. The request represented more than a quarter of the original £16.8 million funding pot.
By the first meeting of EMCCA’s Housing and Land Committee in September 2025, the development was no longer listed among the supported schemes.
Queens Road, Nottingham
MRP Investments originally proposed a 22-storey block containing 382 apartments near Nottingham railway station.
The plans were subsequently reduced to 274 homes in an 18-storey building, with planning permission granted in May 2025.
The development was initially the largest scheme proposed for EMCCA investment but, like the Island Quarter, later disappeared from the authority’s funding lists.
Still under consideration
Two projects in Retford remain in EMCCA’s funding pipeline.
As of February, both were awaiting planning permission from Bassetlaw District Council. EMCCA confirmed at the beginning of August that they remained under consideration.
Canal Turn, Retford
Developer Newsholme is seeking £675,000 towards 27 homes at Canal Turn on Longholme Road.
The site includes an old bungalow and several acres of largely agricultural land. An environmental survey carried out in 2023 found the land to be of low ecological value.
The developer has been seeking planning permission from Bassetlaw District Council for several years.
Amcott Place, Retford
Newsholme has also applied for £425,000 towards the construction of 17 flats at Amcott Place, off Bridgegate in Retford town centre.
Planning permission has not yet been granted.
By Joseph Connolly, Local Democracy Reporter