A skills academy is set to be built on the site of a new 800-home Nottinghamshire village with hopes that it could eventually boost the number of local tradespeople. Outline planning permission was granted in April 2021 for the Top Wighay development near Hucknall, with proposals for the village also including a new primary school.
Nottinghamshire County Council says the new village is expected to boost the economy by £873 million over 10 years and the new skills academy agreement is now set to bring local jobs to the development. Countryside Partnerships, which will take on the building of the homes as part of one of Nottinghamshire County Council’s biggest ever development contracts, will be working with the Chameleon School of Construction.
Chameleon offers courses in skills such as bricklaying, plastering and tiling at its centres across the region, including in Pinxton. It will now be offering these services at a site on the Top Wighay development if the new village receives the final planning permission needed from Gedling Borough Council.
