Neighbours have said a potential housing boom risks becoming "too much" for their village. Residents of Rainworth, near Mansfield, have shared their concerns over the expanding village, with some claiming it does not have the infrastructure for the hundreds of homes that could be built.
Two major developments on Blidworth Lane and Rufford Colliery Lane, where 200 and 95 homes could be built respectively, are currently in the planning process, with the separate proposals put forward to Mansfield District Council and Newark and Sherwood District Council. Worries over the strain on local services and the village deemed 'not big enough' were previously voiced by local residents.
And villagers living near to the proposed developments have now shared further concerns, with one saying it felt like Rainworth had grown by a third since she had lived there. Chris Peet, 70, who is retired and moved to the village in 1979, said: "The building is getting too much. I have lived here for 43 years and it is now at least a third bigger than it was.
