With the deadline now having passed for Rushcliffe to receive our response to the ‘imposed’ housing development close to Tollerton over the next sixteen years, the Borough Council now have the task of disseminating all our views and working to a timetable which is as follows:-
- September 2010 Draft response to planned developments to be available
- January 2011 Submit plans to Secretary of State
- April 2011 Public Hearings
- October 2011 Inspectors report published
- December 2011 Plans adopted
- March 2012 Plans published, building commences
In between all of this there is a small matter as to where a football stadium could be built if England and particularly Nottingham was chosen as a host venue. Football’s World Governing Body (FIFA) will be visiting our city this month (May) to view the proposed site at Gamston and a final decision will be announced at the end of the year for the selected country and cities involved.
Reverting to the housing issue, residents may remember that Nottingham City Airport (Tollerton Airport) was included as a possible area to accommodate some of the huge number of houses to be built. You will be interested to know that the owner of the airport has recently submitted a planning application for an extension in length to one of the runways! Where all of this figures in the longer term I have no idea but will be watching with keen interest.
And finally, you will have noticed that Morrisons, our local supermarket, is backing England’s bid for the Football World Cup not only locally but throughout the country. Incensed by this, one of our residents contacted their head office expressing his disgust and received the following reply. “….. due to the sensitivity you have mentioned we have removed the signature request stand from our Gamston store, but will continue to support ‘Back the Bid’ in all our other stores in England”. But they still appear to be publishing the backing on the till receipts.
One final bit of late news, as the two Ronnies would remark, if there is a change of Government on May 6th the current plans for housing development in our village would be scrapped! Presumably we shall then start all over again.
Happy Days!
Noel Marshall, Chairman TABU, 9372670
(Originally published in Tollerton Village Newsletter May 2010)
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