MULTI-MILLION-POUND plans have been revealed to build 110 new houses in St Ann's as part of the regeneration of the Stonebridge Park estate.
The new homes are part of an overall plan to build 210 houses and 48 flats to replace the demolished 225 low-rise maisonettes and flats in St Ann's.
They will be built in a traditional street pattern, instead of the previous style of housing where homes faced away from the street, and which has been blamed for crime and antisocial behaviour.
With 95 new homes already complete on the estate, home builders Keepmoat Homes Ltd have now submitted plans to build the next phase, including 29 two-bedroom homes and 81 with three bedrooms.
The site, which includes land off Wray Close, Flewitt Gardens and north of 76 Jersey Gardens, was a former estate which was cleared in 2008.
Resident Richard Pearson, a member of the Stonebridge Park Tenants' and Residents' Association, said he was delighted to see that the plans have now been submitted to Nottingham City Council.
The 55-year-old, who lives in nearby Belle Vue Court, said he has written to various ministers in the last year urging them to put forward cash to kickstart this stage of the development. He said: "It's been slow getting off the ground, but the new houses are brilliant for Stonebridge.
"I'm very relieved as it's been slow going. The first phase started in 2010 and it's just been completed. It will look brilliant when it's finished.
"Looking at the plans it's very nicely done and well laid out."
Eight of the 110 homes will be rented as "affordable homes", spread across the development.
St Ann's councillor Dave Liversidge, also portfolio holder for housing, expects them to be very popular.
He said: "It's absolutely brilliant for the area – it will improve the area.
"The houses will be very popular judging by the last houses, which went so quickly. They're so close to the city centre."
The Stonebridge estate was built in the early 1970s, using the principles set out by the Radburn design movement.
The general layout consisted of "inverted housing", which faced on to communal spaces with access to the car via back gardens, meaning many homes did not have much front garden space.
People can now have their say on the proposals before the council makes a final decision. To air your views, quote the planning reference number: 12/03501/PFUL3
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