The building of Nottinghamshire County Council offices on the Top Wighay development will go ahead after a failed attempt by a group of councillors to scrap the plan. Outline planning permission was granted in April 2021 for the Top Wighay development near Hucknall, with proposals for the village including 800 homes and a new primary school.
Nottinghamshire County Council says the new village is expected to boost the economy by £873million over 10 years. One of the key elements to the development was for new county council offices at Top Wighay.
Plans were even mooted for the county council to vacate its County Hall headquarters and relocate some services to the new Top Wighay building, though the authority has stressed no decision has been made on the future of County Hall. But during a full council meeting discussing the county council's budget on Thursday (February 9), the Independent Alliance group of councillors called for the Top Wighay offices plan not to go ahead.
