New council homes are set to be built on the site of a demolished care home in Nottingham. The former site of Oakdene Residential Home at the junction of Woodborough Road and St Ann's Way, St Ann's, will be turned into 24 Nottingham City Homes, if given the final go-ahead by Nottingham City Council's planning committee on December 21.
The residential home closed in 2019 and demolished in January 2020. The current application comprises nine flats and 15 houses, all of which would be classed as affordable.
The houses would be two-storey and would be laid out in a back to back arrangement with five fronting on to Woodborough Road, eight fronting on to Norman Close and two on to St Ann's Way. The flats would be in a three-storey block located on the southern corner of the site.
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Planning documents said the proposed development has been subject to a protracted timetable and tendering process. During this period building costs have increased significantly with the overall cost of scheme delivery increasing by 12.5% against an November 2021 forecast.
A Nottingham City Council planning officer said the addition of costs to meet Section 106 planning obligations would worsen this position. In a report to the planning committee, which advised councillors to approve the project, a planning officer added: "Having regard to the benefits of the scheme, providing 100% affordable housing, in a well-designed and highly sustainable development, the provision of family housing, regenerating a brownfield site, it is considered to be appropriate to waive the Section 106 requirements in this case."
Planning permission was granted in August 2020 for a three-storey building of 48 one-bedroom flats and associated parking on the same site. In a planning document it was said this scheme was now considered not to be financially viable by Nottingham City Homes.
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