Inspector overturns refusal of 110 village homes

Calls have been made for the project to still not to go ahead at the site in Loughborough Road

A housing developer has won an appeal after plans to build 110 homes in a Nottinghamshire village were refused by a council.

Rushcliffe Borough Council turned down the development for homes and businesses on the former Bunny Brickworks site, off Loughborough Road in Bunny, last July.

The decision was overturned by a government planning inspector.

Borough councillor Andy Edyvean, for the Bunny ward, said he was “disappointed but not surprised” by the reversal.

The applicant, Northampton-based BMET Ltd, will still need to submit further detailed plans before work can start.

Mr Edyvean said he still does not think development should go ahead, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

“The thing that really concerned the planning committee is this site is designated 50% for housing and 50% for businesses in the local plan – they didn’t think this would be possible,” he said.

“Obviously the planning inspector disagreed, but the developer still needs to put a full proposal forward which will comply with that.”

Details haven’t been provided about what businesses would make up the proposed 5,600 sq m of employment space on the site.

The appeal was set to be discussed at the council's next planning committee on Thursday.

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