Plans to build 120 new homes on former green belt land in Gedling take another step forward

A planning firm has gained outline permission to build up to 120 homes on former green belt land in Gedling.

Northern Trust Company has applied for the green light to put up homes on a 10-acre site off Burton Road, near the junction with Colwick Loop Road and the Gedling Access Road.

The site is owned by Midlands Land Portfolio Limited (MLPL) the property development arm of Severn Trent, with Northern Trust acting as their planning promotion partner.

To allow the development to happen, the site has been taken from being within the green belt to an allocation within the adopted Gedling Local Plan so that planning permission can be granted.

The planning application was submitted in December 2019 and considered at the planning committee in August 2020. Following several months of negotiations on the Section 106 Agreement, planning permission was granted on January 29, 2021.

John Tootell, strategic land & planning executive at Northern Trust, said: “We are delighted to have secured outline planning permission for this site, having worked closely with Gedling Borough Council and other key stakeholders over many years to bring forward these plans.

“This development will deliver an important allocation within the Gedling Local Plan, will provide much needed housing and affordable housing within Gedling and will provide significant investment into the local area.

Adam Tustain, senior development surveyor at Severn Trent, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that we’ve been able to achieve this fantastic result.

“Securing this permission not only allows us to recycle our redundant assets but means we’re able to provide new homes and jobs that will benefit the communities in which we operate.”

Stephanie Eastwood of Avison Young, planning consultants on the site, added: “we’re now moving one step closer to the delivery of quality housing and new areas of public open space.”