PLANS for 130 new homes in Beeston have been given the go-ahead.
A mixture of detached, semi-detached, terrace and apartment properties can now be built on the site of former allotments in Hassocks Lane, Beeston.
The outline application was put in by the Beeston Consolidated Charity and Broxtowe Borough Council – who both own sections of the land.
Now the application has been accepted, it is thought the site will be sold to housing developers.
Chairman Bryan Spencer, from the Beeston Consolidated Charity, which helps people in poverty in the town, said: "We are hoping to get the land up for sale in the next couple of months.
"This project has been ongoing for a number of years now. The money raised from the sale will be put back into the charity to help as many people as possible.
"This is the first time that we have sought planning permission for it so we are very happy it has been accepted."
The L-shaped site covers an area of 7.9 acres (3.2 hectares) and is next to homes in Herald Close and the new Highfields Fire Station.
The Padge Road commercial area is to the south-east of the site, the Royal Mail sorting office to the north east and the University of Nottingham sports field to the north. If the homes are built, a new access point on the service road that serves the fire station, in Hassocks Lane, will be included.
The Beeston Consolidated Charity first decided that they would sell the site in 2005 when Broxtowe Borough Council announced that they would stop leasing the land for allotments.
This happened in 2008 and since then the land has been unused.
Broxtowe Borough Council's environment director Mike Taylor said: "The council owns just two acres of this site and it is our intention to jointly sell the land, subject to cabinet approval, in order to make best use of this land asset.
"The money raised will be used to support the council's capital works programme."
Details regarding appearance, landscaping, layout and scale will be announced once the land has been sold.
