Four major developments set to transform the borough of Gedling are being considered by the council - including the redevelopment of a fire station into flats. A report to Gedling Borough Council's planning committee confirms four different developments currently being considered by the authority.
Among the plans, developers have put forward plans to transform the existing Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service headquarters site into housing, with the fire service moving to new, shared headquarters with Nottinghamshire Police.
A total of 32 new homes could be built at the old site - including 18 four-bedroom and 14 three bedroom-houses. But some residents said they were concerned about what the new development could do to the surrounding wildlife and the state of the roads.
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While land next to pepperpots in Mapperley Plains has also been earmarked for eight homes, and three apartment buildings - there would be 32 homes in total. Killarney Homes, based in Calverton, has proposed 40 properties for the land near the historic pepperpots, once used as ventilation shafts for the rail tunnels beneath.
One of which can be seen from Arnold Lane. The homes, if given planning approval, would be built on a section of grassland which runs parallel to Mapperley Plains and would be situated on both sides of the new Gedling Access Road junction.
Records dating back to the 19th Century indicate that the land was formerly part of a large open agricultural field which ran towards the south-east, and during the 20th Century the land was used as an orchard until the 1990s when the orchard trees were removed. The site has remained vacant ever since.
There are also plans for 28 four-bedroom houses, with associated parking and an access road in Grange View Road, Gedling. WFW Developments Limited have submitted plans for homes at the bottom of Grange View Road, which is part of the wider Willow Farm site. Back in 2019, plans for 110 homes on the wider Willow Farm site were greeted with concerns from local residents.
And the fourth application being considered is in outline form for 11 residential properties on land at Broad Close in Woodborough. Outline permission, if granted, precedes a more detailed planning application that would need to be submitted typically to do with access arrangements and the appearance of the development.
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