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Objectives
- Understand total numbers of dwellings across the (Strategic Land for Growth) and Barracks.
- Review key assets already in existence e.g., Officers Mess, WW1 infirmary etc. Recommend proposals for redevelopment/re-use to help generate a sense of place.
- Proposals on construction methods and different forms of build out depending on needs and wants. To include Housing, Schools, Community/Leisure/Medical Centre considerations.
- Plan for delivery of units with timelines. Consideration to George Spencer implications.
- Delivery of build plan and how it could be achieved through different forms of joint venture/Investment. To include all community amenities. Work with Environmental group.
- Investigate the Smart Village/Living concept to see how far this could be deployed for living, transport and community engagement.
- Consider Neighbourhood Development Order scope and how this could align to delivery of housing and urban design policies.
We feel these ToR’s and subsequent sub-headings will allow us to track our progress and once met we will have strong business cases and the related information to fully support our Neighbourhood Plan.
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Outputs

Bulletins
The bulletins are intended to tell you what we have done and how we are getting on.
- Design Codes & Masterplan – Comments & Responses - We said when we put the Forum Commissioned Masterplan & Area Design Codes that we would consider all the comments made and find a way of highlighting where changes would be required when we have funding to make changes. We … Continue reading
- Design Code & Neighbourhood Plan Updates - Meeting with Local Residents Earlier this week members of the Steering Group met with some of our local residents to discuss their concerns as to how some of the suggestions put forward in the Forum Design Codes would affect properties … Continue reading
- Another Reminder – Design Codes – Request for Comments - Another reminder asking for comments on the Design Codes, Masterplans and supporting documents by the 30th June 2023 and thanks to those of you who have already commented Over the past six years the Community of Chilwell West and Toton … Continue reading
- Design Codes follow on: Heritage Asset Study - Chetwynd Barracks still contains a rich collection of Heritage buildings. The WWI Memorial for those civilians who lost their lives in the explosion in July 1918 (134 died, 250 injured) when the original site was National Shell Filling Factory No6 … Continue reading
- Design Codes follow on: Health Centre Study - This was an important asset that we needed to ensure would be included in the emerging development. As such we worked once more with KEFA on this subject informing them of our views and helping with our local knowledge of … Continue reading
- Community Energy Project & Community Buildings Survey - Just a couple of things this week. The Forum is working with Students at Nottingham University to see if there is an opportunity for a “Community Energy” project in the area. They have created a brief questionnaire to move the … Continue reading
- Design Codes follow on: Community Buildings Study - We took this on as we need to identify what sort of community assets we would like to see, the number, and where we thought they would be best situated. So once more we sat down with the team from … Continue reading
- Fed up seeing developments of more tiny expensive boxy houses? - Chetwynd & Toton Housing Types Study. Do you really want to see developments of more tiny expensive boxy houses? Continue reading
- Design Codes follow on: Housing Numbers Study - Following on in our series of support documents to our Design Codes we are please to share the Housing Numbers Study Document. As you will be aware Broxtowe Borough Council has set housing targets in its Local Plan (4,500 homes … Continue reading
- Design Codes Discussion - Some of the Steering Group are hoping to meet with EMDevCo and/or their consultants during the week starting 10th April 2023 for an initial meeting to discuss “Design Codes”. If you have any comments on the Neighbourhood Forum Design Codes, … Continue reading