Potential large developments

Land on Wilford Lane, West Bridgford - 3 April 2012

A planning application has been submitted on behalf of Sainsbury’s Supermarkets for the construction of a 9700sqm gross (4646sqm net sales area) foodstore (Use Class A1) with ancillary customer restaurant and concession units; associated servicing, car parking and parent pick-up/drop-off parking area, landscaping and highways works. The site has a frontage onto Wilford Lane and access from the Beckett Way and includes land previously occupied by The Chateau Public House/restaurant. Details of the application are available to view on our website under reference 12/00564/FUL.

Latest update on RAF Newton and Bingham - 10 June 2011

The traffic implications of these developments are of major importance and as these have not yet been resolved. The Highways Agency has directed the Rushcliffe Borough Council not to determine the applications.

The direction runs until:

- 6 September for the land north of Bingham (Blueprint reference 10/01962/OUT)

- 18 August for the extension of life of the employment park permission (Blueprint reference 11/00370/EXT )

- 25 August for the reserved matters applications for warehouses, offices and access road (Blueprint references 11/00481, 11/00482, 11/00483 and 11/00488)

- 23 June for RAF Newton (Blueprint reference 10/02105/OUT).

Land at Royal Air Force Newton

An outline planning application has been received on Land at RAF Newton for a development consisting of up to 500 dwellings, up to 50 live/ work units, 6.45 ha of new employment land (including provision for light industry(Class B1), general industry (Class B2) and storage or distribution (Class B8).

The application also includes 1000sqm of space for ancillary community and retail uses, provision of land for a new primary school, associated open and recreational space and landscaping. The existing hangars are proposed to be retained for employment purposes. The plans and accompanying information are available to view through the online planning web site using the application reference 10/02105/OUT.

Land North of Bingham

An application for outline planning permission has been received relating to an area of 91 ha of land owned by the Crown. The application comprises up to 1000 houses, 15.6 ha of employment land, 1.6 ha mixed use site, neighbourhood centre (retail, community centre, etc), amenity open space and community park comprising 35% of the total site area, including a lake, which is also part of a flood management scheme.

The plans and accompanying information are available to view through the online planning web site using the application reference 10/01962/OUT.

Land East Of Chapel Lane, Bingham

An application for full planning permission has been received for a Tesco store (with a sales area of 2280 sq m) at land to the east of Chapel Lane Bingham, to the north of the railway line. The application also includes car parking, a bus stop, pedestrian linkages to the town centre a petrol filling station, landscaping, recycling facilities and access road. The plans and accompanying information are available to view through the online planning web site using the application reference 10/01853/FUL.

Melton Road, Edwalton (Sharphill)

This is a site of about 107 hectares to the south of Edwalton, to the east and west of the A606 Melton Road. It would be primarily residential, comprising of about 1,200 houses but including provision for a new school, associated commercial uses and employment development. The developers, Bovis Homes and David Wilson Homes (North Midlands), are also proposing to designate some land around Sharphill as a 'community park'.

April 2011 – Approval has now been given to the layout and design of 357 of the proposed houses on part of the site and for the main spine road through the site. Details can be viewed on the Blueprint site under the reference 10/01081/REM. In addition the developer has submitted details to discharge a number of conditions imposed on the outline planning permission, reference 08/00664/OUT. Of particular note are the details of the Community Park and Green Infrastructure, which have been developed from the framework approved as part of the outline planning permission.

View the Sharphill community park drawings.

View the Appeal decision.

Cotgrave Colliery

Following the resolution of the Development Control Committee on 18 November 2010, the planning application for the former Cotgrave colliery site was referred to the Government Office of the East Midlands. The Secretary of State confirmed that he did not wish to intervene in the process, so the Council was free to determine the planning application as Local Planning Authority once the legal agreement had been signed.

Following the completion of the section 106 agreement planning permission was granted on 30 March 2011 for a mixed employment and residential scheme of up to 470 houses. The details of the application at the former Cotgrave Colliery can be viewed on Blueprint under planning reference 10/00559/OUT.