A Nottinghamshire council leader says his area "simply cannot sustain" more than 8,000 new houses after two major developments were officially dropped from a local plan. As part of a Government target to build 300,000 new homes every year, local authorities have been drawing up plans to show how they can deliver thousands more properties in their area.
In Ashfield, Government calculations produced a target for 8,226 homes to be delivered over the next 15 years. Major developments were therefore drawn up, including the Whyburn Farm project which would have seen 3,000 homes being built on green belt land in Hucknall.
But Ashfield District Council said that it would scrap the Whyburn Farm development earlier this year after significant local opposition to it. The authority has now officially dropped both Whyburn Farm, along with a 1,000-home development in Sutton, from its local plan.
