It follows longstanding campaigns from residents to protect the town’s green spaces
Controversial plans to 'urbanise' a popular section of Nottinghamshire greenbelt land are likely to be refused. Ashfield District Council’s planning committee will meet on June 14 to discuss the plans to build 100 homes on the land off Common Lane, Hucknall, which is known locally as ‘Misk Hills’.
But a petition with nearly 8,000 signatures called for this site to be dropped and for all other green Hucknall sites to be protected due to the impact on wildlife and infrastructure. The site will now no longer be taken forward and an amended, reduced local plan is expected to be published in the coming months.
“It would urbanise this currently pleasant route through the land. [It] would result in a further urbanising impact, resulting in the area having a suburban feel to it and the rural character would be lost forever.”
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