A Midlands property consultancy has secured planning for a 280-home scheme on former green belt land in Nottinghamshire.
Fisher German has gained outline planning permission for the new houses on a 28-acre site north of Grantham Road, in Radcliffe-On-Trent.
The firm said around a third of the homes will be affordable housing, while there will also be a park, areas of public open space, a wildlife corridor and a 9ft wide cycleway next to the A52.
The development will see a junction on the A52 changed to provide a four-arm traffic signal junction which it said would not only provide access to the site, but improve safety at the junction.
Fisher German acted on behalf of the landowner, a long-standing client of the firm, and worked on releasing the site from the Nottingham Derby Green Belt and secure its allocation for housing in part 2 of the Rushcliffe Local Plan.
The firm’s planning team then worked on the complex planning application.
James Beverley, senior planner at Fisher German, said: “We were extremely pleased to get the green belt land allocated for housing and then ultimately achieve planning permission for the site on behalf of our client.
“Part 1 of the Rushcliffe Local Plan considerably underdelivered on the number of houses required.
“We therefore worked to promote the release of the site from the green belt through the Part 2 plan, ensuring the delivery of housing and reducing significant development pressures on the limited number of settlements outside of the green belt.
“When working on the planning application we encountered a number of challenges but were able to resolve these to the satisfaction of the relevant statutory consultees.
“We worked constructively with Network Rail successfully demonstrating that the new drainage system being introduced would take water away from their infrastructure so was a betterment to them.
“We also experienced challenges relating to junction works to the A52, which is part of Highways England’s strategic highway network.
“We worked with Highways England to demonstrate that the changes, which included remodelling of the existing junction and adding traffic lights, would benefit both the development and others living and working in the area who would find it easier to turn onto the strategic road.
“This is the second green belt site we have successfully progressed on behalf of the client, and we now look forward to seeing the sale of the site being completed and much needed homes being delivered.”
