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Ben Reid

More than 130 homes planned for two sites in Calverton look set to be given the go-ahead

More than 130 homes planned over two sites in a Nottinghamshire village are expected to be given the go-ahead this week.

Developers want to build up to 79 new homes on land south of Main Street, in Calverton, featuring a mix of one- to five-bedroom properties.

A further 57 new homes, with a range of one to five beds, are also planned on land off Dark Lane, which is near St Wilfrid's C of E Primary School.

The two developments, proposed by Langridge Homes Ltd, are part of five planning applications lodged to build more than 650 new homes in the village.

The future for both housing developments will be decided by Gedling Borough Council's planning committee sitting on Wednesday, March 27.

The two sites have both been recommended for approval by planning officers, but the committee will have the final say.

A view of a section land adjacent to Dark Lane in Calverton. 57 dwellings are planned for the site (Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Mark Croft, 40, is the manager at Calverton's Working Men's Club, which has around 1,500 members.

He said, as a business, the homes would be a positive thing as it brings more footfall and more potential members to the area.

But he has heard concerns from residents about the infrastructure in the village being unable to cope with the added demand.

"There are issues with parking in the village. There's none anywhere near the shops. Some people leave their cars here and then get the bus into Nottingham," he added.

"People have said the doctors, dentists and schools are all struggling as it is with numbers and this would only add to the issue. A lot of people are seeing Calverton becoming more and more like a town.

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"As a business, it's a good thing for us, as there's potentially more members who can come along and join the club."

Villagers have said it was already a struggle to arrange appointments to see a doctor locally - and added "there’s hardly any shops".

For the 79-home site, three-hectares of land is vacant grassland and 20 percent of affordable houses are required to be built on the site, which would be 16 properties.

The 57-home planned site requires the same percentage of affordable homes, of which 70 percent should be social rented and 30 percent intermediate housing.

A further 430 homes are planned on fields north west of Park Road in the village.

And another 84 properties have been earmarked to be built on land west of Flatts Lane.

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