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A Nottingham developer has been given the green light to go ahead with a £30 million, 169 home housing development in Bramcote.

Peter James Homes, which has its head office down the road in Chilwell, will star work on the new homes this spring following the approval of plans originally laid down over 10 years ago. Broxtowe Borough Council’s planning committee gave approval for the scheme on greenfield land off Coventry Lane.

The development will include 51 affordable homes alongside 118 private dwellings of between two and five bedrooms, and construction will support 80 jobs.

As part of the planning permission the developer will provide infrastructure and make a £225,000 contribution for a new bus service to feed the development, alongside other improvements to Coventry Lane and £700,000 of contributions to local education and healthcare.

Simon Gardiner, managing director of Peter James Homes, said: “We are absolutely delighted to see this development finally reaching the stage where we can turn our 10-year plan into reality.

“As a local company, we’ve worked tirelessly alongside the council to deliver a development plan that is totally sympathetic to the surrounding fields and woodland environment, as well as one that provides a really attractive solution to the area’s housing shortage.

“We hope to be able to start work in the spring and, with an estimated construction rate of 50 to 60 homes a year, the development should be completed within three years. It will hopefully bring a real boost to the area.”

The developer recently completed 34 luxury riverside apartments in West Bridgford and is on site with 148 homes at its Woodland Heights scheme in Bullbridge, Derbyshire.