At the end of the Second World War, Nottingham was in desperate need of new housing. A lot of the new houses built post-war were concentrated in Bilborough and Strelley - but there was comparatively little land within the city boundary available for building.
But near Clifton Village lay 1,000 acres of land perfect for development. Back in October 1945, the City Council signed off on a move to buy 936 acres of land for housing.
Planning permission was eventually granted in 1950 by the Minister of Housing and Local Government - and Clifton Estate would become, in its day, the biggest housing estate in Europe.
