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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
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Laycie Beck

'Friendly' new Nottinghamshire neighbourhood where 3,000 homes still to be built

Almost 3,000 more homes are still left to be built a popular housing development in Nottinghamshire over the next 10 to 15 years. The growing neighbourhood of Middlebeck, near Newark town centre, is now made up of around 500 homes as well as Christchurch CofE Primary School, Gannets café and Middlebeck’s Cycle Hub.

The home construction company Bellway shared plans on Tuesday, January 18, that it would be creating another 104 homes at Middlebeck, four of which will be be part of the Government’s affordable homes programme. However, this is just a fraction of the additional homes residents can expect, with a further 2,900 homes planned for Middlebeck in the next 15 years through a range of housebuilders on the site.

Although some residents have concerns about the housing estate growing so rapidly, many are not surprised and say it's such a lovely place to live and they can understand why more people would want to live there. Software engineer Aaron King, 36, of Middlebeck, said: "It's really quiet here and everyone is really friendly.

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