Nearly 200 new homes could be built on the edge of a Nottinghamshire town. Plans have been submitted for 183 properties to be constructed on farmland to the west of Brick Kiln Lane, Mansfield.
The proposed layout will mean that 10% of these houses would be classed as affordable units. These would range from one-bedroom bungalows and flats to four-bedroom houses.
The site is allocated for development by Mansfield District Council for up to 200 homes. Developers will have to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds of contributions in order to get planning permission, according to planning documents.
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The NHS said the new houses would create more than 450 new patients and as a result requested a financial contribution of £202,087.5. Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking a contribution of £274,134 towards junction capacity improvements within Mansfield as well as a contribution of £100,000 to improve bus service to the prospective site.
During planning consultations, the National Grid also highlighted the site's developer would have to request a cost estimate to divert an overhead line that currently crosses the farmland. Lincolnshire County Council's Historic Environment Officer added that "significant pre-historic activity" had been recorded in the fields adjacent to the site and advised further archaeological evaluations of the site.
Piper Homes said the site would be home to a "sustainable community" if plans were approved, with housing being "attractive, memorable, [and] well functioning". In a planning document, rg+p on behalf of Piper Homes PLC, said: "The site has a wide range of house types, sizes and tenures which will provide a mixed and sustainable community.
"The site has good transport links and provides opportunities for safe and enjoyable travel by foot and cycle. The majority of the existing trees and hedges on the site have been retained and will be enhanced by additional planting drawing the site into the landscape character of the National Forest.
"The existing public right of way through the site will be enhanced and run along the green corridor that is proposed through the centre of the site. Through careful consideration of the design an attractive, memorable, well functioning and safe place has been created for both new and existing residents to the area." The planning application is pending consideration by Mansfield District Council.
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