A MAJOR new development including houses, offices shops and community facilities could be built on a former gasworks.
Mar City Developments has asked for permission to build on the site in Radford Road Basford.
If approved the site, which was earmarked for mixed use development in Nottingham City Council's local plan, will become home to:
35 houses
27 apartments
Discount food retail
Shops
Offices, industrial units and storage and distribution space
Leisure facilities
In a statement made in support of its application Mar City Developments said: "The proposal will be sympathetic to the character and appearance of existing development in the area."
The company said it also intends to provide employment opportunities, and improve access across the site for pedestrians and cyclists.
New parks and "enhancement" of the River Leen are also being proposed.
It is the second time Birmingham-based Mar City Developments, which specialises in urban regeneration, has submitted an application.
After acquiring the site in 2007 from the National Grid it announced plans in July 2008 for an industrial and retail park but that failed to materialise.
Cathy Kurr, who lives in Radford Road, hoped that wouldn't be the case this time.
"It will make the area look a lot better," said the 37-year-old. "People are always complaining there are not enough shops – there is only a little newsagent so it would be good for the community."
Mar City Developments has already discussed its plans with Nottingham City Council. A habitat survey has been carried out and noise and transport reports submitted.
James Spencer, 34, of Berridge Road, Basford, was pleased to hear the site would be mixed use.
He said: "Industrial warehouses won't be good for the environment but if it's houses and shops as well then that is also doing some good for the community."
Helen Smith, 37, of Northgate Road, Basford, welcomed the prospect of more homes and a discount shop.
"It would be good for the community to have cheaper food – there's a lot of poor and homeless people in the area so it would help them," she said.
"It will also make more houses available to those in need."
Mar City Developments was unable to provide further comment.
