Plans for 265 houses to be built near Clifton Village are causing anxiety and anger amongst residents, campaigners against the development have said. Proposals have been put forward for the large estate between the village and ancient woodland by Avant Homes.
Outline permission was granted for a new housing development on vacant farmland and private playing fields in 2020. The housebuilder has returned with a second reserved matters application after the first was withdrawn. However, people living in Hawksley Gardens, who have opposed the plans for decades, have expressed worries over the extra traffic using the cul-de-sac to enter the new estate and the potential damage to the nearby ancient woodland and its wildlife.
The site, previously owned by both Nottingham City Council and Nottingham Trent University, has acted as a natural barrier between the built-up conurbation and the ancient woodland for many years but new homes have been on the table since 1997.
