The East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) has submitted an outline planning application for the redevelopment of a former colliery in Nottinghamshire as a sustainable community.
Plans for the 370-acre Gedling Colliery site include: a mixed-use scheme comprising up to 1,120 new houses, alongside ancillary retail units, a new school, health centre as well as recreation and open space.
Located four miles north of Nottingham city centre, the colliery is one of 107 sites in English Partnership’s National Coalfields Programme.
Land owner EMDA is working with English Partnerships as well as Nottinghamshire council, Nottingham council and Gedling council to bring the land back into use.
The site is located on the edge of the existing urban area and is enclosed by the former colliery spoil tip, separating it from the wider countryside and beyond. After the closure of the Colliery in 1991, much of the land has remained derelict.
EMDA has also submitted a parallel detailed planning application for a new access road and cycle route, joining the Mapperley Plains Road and the A612 Burton Road to help ease traffic congestion in the area.
Land has also been set aside for a potential park and ride scheme if and when a passenger rail service is established at the site to provide a link to Nottingham.
Anthony Payne, EMDA’s land and development director, said: “As soon as the planning applications are approved, EMDA can start to make progress with the scheme. This will involve land acquisitions, infrastructure works and the selection of one or more developers.”
The Colliery development was earmarked for new housing, employment and community facilities in Gedling Borough Council’s Local Plan, published in 2005, as a means through which it can meet its housing targets up to and beyond 2011.
