The allotments along Western Boulevard between Beechdale Road and Aspley Lane are up for sale. The Focus Team can find no plans for what is to happen to these allotments after they are sold. The Focus Team will be keeping an eye on developments to make sure the Council plan properly to make sure local […]

Linden House, the former NHS offices on Beechdale Road, now has outline planning permission to used as housing in future. The developers will need to come back to the Council with full plans, including house designs, and street layouts, to get full planning permission later. The draft plans for the site include a small block […]

Since I joined Nottingham’s planning committee nearly three years ago, I have made sustainability a big part of all the comments I make. It’s much more cost effective to include sustainable measures in buildings during construction than to retrofit them to a building after it is completed.Since I started asking the question “how green is […]

Today I was at the Joint Committee for Strategic Planning and Transport.  It’s a committee where members of the City Council join together with members of Nottingham County Council to pursue planning and transport issues that are important to both councils. We heard a lot about trains last December, including a promise that by December […]

Residents in Beechdale Mews (and on the Beechdale Road, Robinswood Road) have been disturbed for the last few years by the Dunnline bus company operating a 24 hour depot right next to their houses. Tackling the problem is a long and complicated journey.  Currently the Council is fighting two legal battles with the company.  A […]