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Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion

Many (most) of you will be aware of the National Shell Filling Factory explosion which occurred on 1st July 1918 on the site of the now Chetwynd Barracks. 134 people died (including some of the Canary Girls) and many more … Continue reading

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Independent Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan

Jill Kingaby BSc (Econ) MSc MRTPI has been appointed to undertake the Independent Examination of the Neighbourhood Plan. This week we received the Independent Examiner’s Procedural letter setting out some initial requests for information. Most of the requests in the … Continue reading

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Heritage Open Days

Beeston and District Civic Society are hosting some Heritage Open Days see here for further details. At the event next Wednesday 14th September the Forum will have a stand detailing the heritage assets on Chetwynd Barracks, including some of our … Continue reading

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Nottinghamshire County Council Bid for Toton’s £40m Link Road

Update: This Bid Failed. See This link for more information. (Note the information in the article is not completely accurate, the 4,500 homes figure is the capacity of Chetwynd Barracks + The Strategic Land for Growth. Chetwynd Barracks has a … Continue reading

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Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 16 Consultation – Final Call to Respond

The consultation on your Neighbourhood Plan closes this coming Friday 5th August. If you haven’t already done so, please respond in support of it. It has taken six long years and a lot of hard work by everyone, especially the … Continue reading

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Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 16 Consultation – Difficulties Resolved

A Forum member contacted us recently to let us know that they had had some difficulty in obtaining or reviewing a paper copy of the Neighbourhood Plan at the Council Offices, to aid their response to the consultation. In fact … Continue reading

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Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 16 Consultation – Update

Broxtowe have extended the end date for the consultation by two weeks to Friday 5th August.We understand that this is to allow for discussion at the Council’s cabinet meeting on 19th July and for any comments to be made arising … Continue reading

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Important – Neighbourhood Plan – Broxtowe Council Regulation 16 Consultation

Two years after the Neighbourhood Plan was submitted, Broxtowe Borough Council has commenced the statutory Regulation 16 Consultation for the Neighbourhood Plan which runs from 8th June until 22nd July 2022. Full details and how to respond can be found on our … Continue reading

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Trees Felled in Chetwynd Park

A couple of weeks ago, the Forum Steering Group became aware that some mature trees within the Neighbourhood Area had been felled and caused some concern with residents. As trees should not be felled at this time of year to … Continue reading

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Forum Digest 16th April 2022

We would like to wish all our members and friends a very happy Easter break. We hope you enjoy the long-awaited sunshine and are able to make the most of it, whatever you are doing this long bank holiday weekend. … Continue reading

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