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Plan for Dorket Head extension ‘ignores heritage of area’

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Plan for Dorket Head extension ‘ignores heritage of area’

Proposed extension to Dorket Head Brickworks

The public consultation for this planning proposal has closed.

The proposal, which could have an effect on the visual character of the area particularly concerning the heritage and landscape features relating to Spindle Lane and Foxwood, is part of Nottinghamshire County Council’s Draft Minerals Plan regarding clay extraction during the next 15-20 years or so.

An extension to Ibstock Brickworks is being considered and as it is the only proposed site for clay extraction in the Nottinghamshire Plan, it is highly likely that it will be incorporated into the final Minerals Local Plan.

Currently the Brickworks occupies an area near Dorket Head crossroads, from Lime Lane, under Calverton Road, Arnold and through part of the waste disposal site towards Mapperley Plains.

Unfortunately, at the eastern end, the proposed extension to the site “jumps across” Woodborough Lane and stretches north and east into the Woodborough valley, adjacent to Nottingham Road (the road that continues on from Bank Hill). Most of the proposed site is on a relatively flat area at the top of the hill near the scrap yard, however, a significant part of it dips down quite a steep gradient to the north and would be visible from Spindle Lane and, potentially, from the Scheduled Ancient Monument at Fox Wood.

It is worth noting that the Landscape Character Assessment that forms part of the Plan’s additional consultation documents does not appear to consider the impact of this proposal when viewed from the countryside of Calverton and Woodborough.

Once again, we may be left disappointed that an emerging plan gives insufficient weight to its own heritage and landscape policies in its site selection process.

New bus services through the village

From the beginning of October two new bus services, operated by Nottingham Community Transport, CT4N, are being introduced.

S6 makes three return trips on Monday mornings only starting at Lowdham through Calverton then Woodborough and Lambley to Arnold (Sainsbury’s).

S8 is a single return trip on Wednesday and Friday mornings starting from the top of Main Street/Hollinwood Lane through Woodborough and Lambley to Netherfield (Morrison’s).

Everyone is invited to “Halloween, murder, ghosts and the like.”

Tales of ghosts, murders and strange goings on in the area, including some of the dark deeds and strange tales from the recent and not so recent past in north Nottingham and some of the people involved with Bob Massey local history writer, researcher and lecturer.

The event takes place on Wednesday, October 31 at 7.15 pm. at the Baptist Church Hall, The Nook Admission £4 including light refreshments (CPHS Members £3-50)

Tickets available at The CORE Centre, St. Wilfrid’s Square or ring 965 4843 for more details

Bob Massey talk

Everyone is invited to “Halloween, murder, ghosts and the like.”

Tales of ghosts, murders and strange goings on in the area, including some of the dark deeds and strange tales from the recent and not so recent past in north Nottingham and some of the people involved with Bob Massey local history writer, researcher and lecturer.

The event takes place on Wednesday, October 31 at 7.15 pm. at the Baptist Church Hall, The Nook Admission £4 including light refreshments (CPHS Members £3-50)



Tickets available at The CORE Centre, St. Wilfrid’s Square or ring 965 4843 for more details

A walk for all seasons: Oxton Woods

Why not try a stroll down Mansfield Lane, or along Flatts Lane and turn right, and next to the “Egg Farm” is a stile and Public Footpath.  A few yards along this path and you will be able to see the replica Iron Age round house on your left.  Just a bit further on you enter Oxton Woods and the footpath turns to the right.  This is a good area in the Autumn for picking up sweet chestnuts.

Continuing along this path there is often a variety of birds to see and hear including woodpeckers.  Also there are various types of trees and bushes and even the odd dead one!

The path eventually reaches the eastern edge of the Woods and if you turn left and cross the Doverbeck you soon arrive at the roundabout on the Oxton bypass.

If you take the right-hand track across an arable field the path leads up a slight rise and down to Carrington Lane.  Here you can turn left, right or keep almost straight on and return to the village.

Pres clips

  • The Pres has several copies of the latest edition of the glossy magazine “E. Midlands History and Heritage” to give away! Articles include “Nottingham’s Great Gunpowder Explosion of 1818”. “Civil Defences in Newark during World War II”. Plus Lord Byron and the Luddite Movement and other news and notices about E. Midlands Local History. Please get in touch if you would like a copy (first come, first served!)
  • An application has been submitted to the Traffic Commissioners for a change to the existing licence to keep an extra 5 goods vehicles and 7 trailers at the operating centre at Walkers Products of Greenacres, Mansfield Lane.
  • The application to create a cemetery between the top of George’s Hill and the entrance to the Calverton Hill Hospital still has to be decided by GBC Planning Committee and could be considered at their October meeting.
  • A set of “Calverton Compendiums”, a village magazine from the 1980s, has been gratefully added to the Folk Museum collection after being received from a local resident.

You can get more details about the Calverton Pres ervation and History Society by calling 0115 9654843 or emailing  pressoc@ntlworld.com

Delivery driver robbed of food while working in Carlton

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Delivery driver robbed of food while working in Carlton

Three men made off with food from a delivery driver who was working in the Carlton area.

The driver was approached by three youths in Valley Road at around 3.50am yesterday (19).

The boys took the food and ran off through an alleyway in the direction of Foxhill Road.

Police say the offenders were around 15-16-years-old and described as: “black, around 5ft 5ins tall, of a small build and was wearing a dark blue hoody with the hood up and black trousers.



“Around 5ft 8ins tall, of a medium build with short brown hair, black gloves, black trousers and dark coloured long sleeved shirt.

“Around 5ft 5ins tall, of a slim build and wearing a dark coloured hoody. They all had faces coverings.”

A police spokesman said: “We’re investigating after a man was robbed of the food he was delivering in Carlton.

If you saw anything suspicious in the area or have any information that could help, please contact us

You can contact police on 101 quoting incident 76 of 19 October. You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Gedling cops urge parents not to make their children scared of them

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Police in Gedling borough are urging parents not to make their children scared of the police.

The force’s local neighbourhood policing team want parents to not tell their children that officers will ‘lock them up’ or ‘catch you if you are naughty’.

They are encouraging parents not to do this, because they want children to feel they can come to them if they feel scared, lost or in danger – not run away from them.



Police say they don’t want to be used as a threat by parents to children when misbehaving.

In a message to local children they said: “If you are lost or scared, then police can help. We’re here to catch the baddies and protect you. Don’t be scared of us. If you see us in the street, give us a wave.”

It’s A Wonderful Life screening promises to be a pre-Christmas treat at Bonington

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It’s A Wonderful Life screening promises to be a pre-Christmas treat at Bonington

Customers can book in to enjoy a festive classic on Christmas Eve at a popular Arnold cinema

Bonington Theatre will be showing heartwarming film It’s a Wonderful Life as a pre-Christmas treat on December 24.

The theatre, says their annual special screening of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic never fails to bring a tear to the eye!

Theatre administrator Jeremy Arblaster said: “A staple of the festive season, Frank Capra’s bittersweet Christmas classic wasn’t always so popular. A relative Box Office failure, its re-emergence as a Holiday favourite is thanks largely due to the studio allowing its copyright to lapse, thus making it free to screen on TV from the 1970s onwards.”



The screening is taking place at 2.30pm on December 24.

Tickets to the showing of It’s A Wonderful Life are £5.80 (Concessions £4.70)

You can book your ticket for the screening HERE

Council leader praises partners for helping make £40m Gedling Access Road a reality

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Council leader praises partners for helping make £40m Gedling Access Road a reality

The leader of Gedling Borough Council has heaped praise on the authority’s partners for their help in making the new Gedling Access Road (GAR) a reality.

Cllr John Clarke said a project like GAR wouldn’t be possible without support from a number of agencies and partners who are working together to construct the new £40m road due to its size and scale.

The new road will run from Gedling to Mapperley Plains and help reduce congestion.

The development will draw funding from numerous partners, with;  Homes England, contributing £7.17 million, Developers Keepmoat contributing £17 million (which includes £4.48 million from a Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) secured by Gedling Borough Council), £10.8 Million from the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), £5.4 million from Nottinghamshire County Council and a further £529,000 from section 106 contributions, including a £436,000 obligation from the nearby Teal Close development.

PLANS: A Map of the proposed Gedling Access Road



The GAR is one of only six schemes supported by the LEP Board across the D2N2 area (which covers the Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire area) and is the largest single scheme the LEP is supporting.

Gedling Borough Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Homes England, Keepmoat Homes and Via East Midlands have all worked in partnership on the GAR, which is expected to be completed and open to traffic before the end of 2020.

The new road will be built between Mapperley Plains and the A612 Trent Valley Way, Gedling, and will reduce traffic flows along the Arnold Lane corridor and thereby reducing congestion in Gedling Village.

Leader of Gedling Borough Council, Councillor John Clarke said: “The work that has been carried out so far on the Gedling Access Road has been a real collaborative effort and, when finished, the road will be a huge asset, providing access and space for more homes and businesses within our borough.

“Working in partnership has been crucial: it’s helped secure funding and made sure all appropriate agencies have been involved. A project of this scale and complexity simply couldn’t be achieved without the support and expertise of our partners.”

Work begins on new primary school in Bestwood Village

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Work begins on new primary school in Bestwood Village

Work to build a new primary school in Bestwood Village is now under way.

Construction started on the new school, which will be part of the new Westhouse Farm housing development, this week following £5m of investment from Nottinghamshire County Council.

The new school will replace the existing Hawthorne Primary and Nursery, originally built in 1878, which is now split over two sites and does not have room for further expansion to meet an increasing demand for places.

The school will move from its current location in School Walk and will be positioned between the new housing development and the existing settlement of Bestwood, ensuring it is accessible for new and existing families.

The new school will provide 315 places, with capacity for expansion to 420 places in the future.
The school, which is being delivered by Arc Partnership – a joint venture between Nottinghamshire County Council and Scape Group – is set to complete in summer 2019, in time for the new academic year.

UNDERWAY: Work begins on the new school in Bestwood Village

Councillor Kay Cutts MBE, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “Between 2013 and 2016, the County Council invested approximately £70m of Government Basic Need funding to create more than 5,500 additional permanent primary school places to meet demand and we continue to invest in the areas where it is needed, either through expanding existing sites or building new schools.



“There has been a considerable amount of new housing development in Bestwood over the last ten years, which has attracted many young families to the area. With further housing development in Bestwood outlined in Gedling’s Local Plan, it was important that we acted swiftly to ensure the extra demand for school places could be met.

“I know that children, parents and teachers can’t wait for the new school to be built and they are excited that construction work is now underway. Providing a modern, high quality learning environment for our children can only be beneficial for their education.”

Councillor Chris Barnfather, chairman of Planning and Licensing Committee at Nottinghamshire County Council, has campaigned for a new school in Bestwood for many years in his capacity as local councillor for the area.

He said: “Generations of Bestwood children have been taught at the current Hawthorne school and it has served the community well for many years but is no longer fit for purpose and is unable to cope with the growing demand for places as the village expands.

“Seeing the start of work on the new school is an exciting moment. I am thrilled for the people of Bestwood that this significant County Council investment in their community is going ahead and I am sure they will take great pride in their fantastic new school.”

The 2,000-metre squared facility design will also incorporate the opportunity for development of out-of-hours community use.

Students from Hawthorne Primary will be able to see their new school’s development, with regular site visits throughout the construction.

Police say Carlton car fire death ‘not suspicious’

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Police say Carlton car fire death ‘not suspicious’

Police investigating the discovery of a body following a car fire in Carlton say they are not treating the death as suspicious.

The man’s body was found inside the car after fire officers attended an incident in the Garden City area at around 2am yesterday (17).



A police spokesman added: “The man discovered has not yet been formally identified.

BREXIT: Campaigners from Gedling borough to join London march calling for People’s Vote

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BREXIT: Campaigners from Gedling borough to join London march calling for People’s Vote

Campaigners from Gedling borough will be joining a nationwide march in London this weekend calling for a people’s vote on any Brexit deal.

People from the borough will be heading into Nottingham and boarding coaches early on Saturday morning to travel to London, to join thousands of others from all over the UK in what promises to be the biggest Brexit protest yet.

Susan Martin, one of the founding members of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire People’s Vote Group, said: “There’s been so much demand to go on the march that we’ve had to lay on extra transport and loads more people are making their own way there.

“It follows on from our campaigning in Nottinghamshire where we’ve noticed growing concern that Brexit is nothing like the rosy picture painted by the Leave campaign.  That’s why we’re seeing huge support for a People’s Vote on the final deal.”

The march in London on Saturday begins at midday in Park Lane, finishing in Parliament Square.



The march is being to led by thousands of young people – students, apprentices and everyone starting out in life – who campaigners say ‘have too often been ignored’.

Young people from across the nations and regions of the UK will also be amongst the speakers. Others addressing the crowd include: Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan; Business leader Deborah Meaden; and TV host and cook, Delia Smith.

More than 100,000 people took part in the last People’s Vote march in June and organisers say Saturday’s demonstration promises to be bigger and better.

Green light given to buy land needed for Gedling Access Road

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Green light given to buy land needed for Gedling Access Road

A council has been given the green light to buy land needed for the construction of the proposed Gedling Access Road (GAR).

Nottinghamshire County Council’s Policy Committee today (17) gave the go ahead to buy the two areas of land that form part of Glebe Farm on Lambley Lane in Gedling and Ranch Kennels on Whitworth Drive in Burton Joyce.

The GAR will be a 3.8km stretch of road linking the existing A612 Trent Valley Road/ Nottingham Road to Mapperley Plains (B684).

It has been designed to ease congestion in Gedling Village whilst providing safe access to the new Chase Farm housing estate on the former Gedling colliery site.

The GAR is being constructed by Nottinghamshire County Council and Via East Midlands in partnership with Homes England (HE), Gedling Borough Council and also Keepmoat Homes – the housing developer for the Chase Farm site, who are joint funding the new road.

Without the GAR in place, Keepmoat has said it would need to limit the number of houses it builds to 315.

As part of its funding agreement with NCC, HE is making £7m available to Nottinghamshire County Council to make land purchases, as needed.

The main construction works are expected to last 18 months and it is anticipated that the road will be completed and open to traffic before the end of 2020, based on a start date of summer 2019.

Advanced works, including diversions to some of the underground services, have already been completed. Other related construction work, to enable completion of the project, will continue to be carried out.



Nottinghamshire County Council leader, Kay Cutts said: “This is one of the major infrastructure projects that the county council is involved in and brings with it huge benefits for residents, new home owners, road users and businesses in the area.

“Today’s sign-off on these two permissions to purchase signals a further step forward for this scheme which will provide much-needed infrastructure required to meet future growth, making way for up to 1,050 new homes to be built whilst reducing congestion in Gedling Village.

Wherever possible, Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking to acquire the land needed for construction of the road by agreement.

“To leave acquisitions until the Compulsory Purchase Order is confirmed would potentially be more costly and time-consuming if objections were received,” added Cllr Cutts.

However, whilst plans have been carefully designed to minimise the amount of land needed, and use land which is already owned by the council or public sector partners, the road will need to cross 21 other plots – 14 of which are owned by private individuals.

The Council’s service director for investment and growth David Hughes said: “Legal processes are underway to acquire the essential land and rights needed to build the GAR, including making changes to side roads and other access points affected by the new road. These are known as a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) and Side Roads Order (SRO).

“The Orders have been prepared and are being served on landowners and published later this month.

“The need for a CPO – as a last resort – was always expected given the number of private landowners involved. However, negotiations to buy the necessary land and property by agreement are ongoing, with terms either agreed or close to agreement for a number of key plots of land across the route.”

For further details on GAR go to www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/GAR.

Police investigate ‘unexplained death’ after car fire in Carlton

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Police investigate ‘unexplained death’ after car fire in Carlton

Police are currently investigating an unexplained death in the Carlton area of Nottingham.

Officers were contacted by members of the the fire service just after 2am to reports of a vehicle fire in the Garden City area, in which a body was found inside.



A spokesman said: “Enquiries are ongoing to establish who the person is and how the incident happened.

“Anyone who witnessed anything in the area, or has any information is urged to contact Nottinghamshire Police”

You can contact police on 101, quoting incident number 37 of 17 October 2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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