The next phase of a housing development aimed at regenerating the Trent Basin area of Nottingham can now progress after its developer contributions were finalised.
Applicant Blueprint (General Partner) Limited first submitted plans for 111 homes on the land in 2021. Nottingham City Council part owns the company.
Its scheme is part of the wider redevelopment of Nottingham’s Waterside, a 22-acre site allocated for housing and community spaces.
Phases one to three of the scheme – which sit to the east of the basin – are complete, and homes are occupied – with the current application relating to phases four to eight.
The project also included building the Waterside Primary School in the northeast of the site.
This will now see the existing council-run Rosehill Special School – a school for children with special educational needs and disabilities – expand into it.
On Friday (April 4), the council gave full permission for 111 homes to the west of the basin, along with part-outline permission for the principle of a residential development, a café, food and drink space and community facilities.
The plans were initially formally approved by the authority’s planning committee in early 2023.
However, permission couldn’t be granted in an official capacity until recently due to prolonged discussions regarding the Section 106 legal agreement.
This agreement will set out how the city council-owned developer will offer financial contributions to the local community around the site.
This had previously asked for slightly more than £1m for affordable housing contributions, £294,000 for public open space improvements, £500,000 for education and £109,000 for employment and training.
Once complete, the homes will include a mix of 55 two-bedroom homes, 53 three-beds and three four-beds, and the development will sit as three courts.
The scheme also includes 53 parking spaces within a parking court and on-street spaces, along with a 150-space parking barn.
Planning papers added: “The proposed neighbourhood has been designed as a car-free development with limited surface parking for visitors and disabled car users.”
The site can be accessed from the east by Trent Lane and from the west by Poulton Drive. Pedestrian and cycle access is given from Daleside Road to the north.
