Housing vision unveiled for Nottingham’s Eastside area
A blueprint for how the Eastside of Nottingham is developed in the coming years has been approved by the city council.
The vision – in the form of a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) produced by the council – is aimed at providing developers with a clear idea of what is expected for the area, which includes Sneinton Market and runs north-west to include Victoria Park and St Mary’s Rest Garden, parts of Lower Parliament Street and Glasshouse Street and Huntingdon Street as far as just below Woodborough Road.
The new planning guidance says the area presents a “unique opportunity” to contribute to the economic growth of the city, “providing opportunities for a vibrant mix of new residential, business, shops, restaurants leisure and cultural uses including the night-time economy”.
Plans for the are include variety of housing, while new and enhanced pedestrian routes will be created between the Eastside, city centre and adjoining neighbourhoods.
The council says it will assemble existing and potential new sources of infrastructure funding to create public realm and co-ordinate pedestrian, cyclist and traffic movement.
All new development will be required to achieve a high standard of environmental sustainability and an appropriate balance in the type of housing.
Portfolio Holder for Highways, Transport and Planning, Councillor Angela Kandola, said: “Regeneration of the Eastside area aims to deliver high quality housing, attractive to a wide range of households, to promote mixed and balanced communities, improved public realm and enhance connections between the Eastside, the city centre and adjoining neighbourhoods.
“In line with our ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2028, we also want to encourage a range of measures that developers can employ to reduce carbon in their development proposals. These relate to energy efficiency, renewable energy and sustainable design and construction.”
