A developer has been chosen in what has been described as the "biggest deal in terms of value" Nottinghamshire County Council has ever brokered. There are plans for more than 800 homes off Hucknall Bypass as well as a controversial new council office, a primary school and potential for a tram extension.
Discussions surrounding the development of the Top Wighay Farm site, off Annesley Road near Hucknall, have been taking place for a number of years and outline planning permission was granted in April last year. This means the £205m project can go ahead 'in principle', subject to a detailed, reserved matters planning application being drawn up - typically to do with access arrangements for a development.
It can now be revealed a developer, Vistry Partnerships, has now been selected to take plans forward. The outline planning permission granted accounts for 805 houses, which are to be built over six years, while 17 percent will be, by definition, "affordable". A new primary school is also expected to be built at the vast new neighbourhood, near Linby, with provision for business development land, a new council building and potential for a new much-requested GP surgery.
