Archeological Survey on land West of Stapleford Lane

Some of you may have seen this work on the land west of Stapleford Lane. We asked Pegasus what was happening and they told us:

“Archaeological Trial Trenching is being undertaken. 

“It is a requirement from Nottinghamshire County Council, NCC had previously sought for this to be undertaken either before the development had received planning permission or in the form of a condition post permission. Given the delay in the appeal, there was a window of opportunity between the harvesting and planting of crops on this field, the work is being done now to avoid a potential condition post the grant of any potential planning permission.

“Once the digging is completed, finds will be reported to NCC and trenches will be refilled with the material removed.It has been a fast turnaround with the finding of a gap to undertake this work, to fit with the farmer, and then to agree the necessary scopes with NCC.  We only had confirmation at the beginning of the week that the digging was going to start.

“I’m not aware of anything further being undertaken or planned at this time.  Will ensure that you are given a “heads up” where necessary.

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Broxtowe New Local Plan – Scoping Questions

Some of you may have received an email from Broxtowe Borough Council regarding Broxtowe’s plan to prepare a new Local Plan (follow this link to see the text). The Local Plan is the next phase of the Planning Cycle and will help to determine where new homes, employment etc. will be located across the borough. It will replace the existing Local Plan which was adopted in 2019 and runs until 2028.

The Scoping Consultation runs until 20th October at 5:00pm.

The Neighbourhood Forum will be submitting a response concentrating on our views for the Neighbourhood Area (the Wards of Toton & Chilwell Meadows and Chilwell West, but it is important that you give your opinions as well.

We have listed the questions in the Scoping Document below so that you can see the breadth of questions they are asking our opinion on but to get the full context you will need to read the Scoping Document (some 35 pages). You don’t have to answer all the questions, so concentrate on the ones that are important to you.

The easiest way to respond is probably by completing the Response Form and emailing it to Broxtowe (policy@broxtowe.gov.uk) as stated in the email but if you would copy your response to us at assist.cttcnf@gmail.com we will try to produce a summary of responses on our website.

Broxtowe Local Plan Scoping Questions

  1. What are the most important issues that the new Broxtowe Local Plan should address?
  2. What should Broxtowe be like at the end of the Local Plan period and what should be at the heart of the Local Plan’s vision?
  3. What should the main objectives of the Broxtowe Local Plan be and what outcomes should the Plan seek to achieve?
  4. Is there anything about Broxtowe’s strengths, challenges or local characteristics that you think should be reflected in the Local Plan?
  5. What should be the spatial strategy to guide where new development is located in Broxtowe?
  6. What should be the main spatial priorities for Broxtowe over the plan period?
  7. How much housing should Broxtowe plan for and what factors should influence the final housing requirement?
  8. What types of homes are most needed in Broxtowe and where should they be provided?
  9. How much employment land and business floorspace should Broxtowe plan for and where should it be located?
  10. How should Broxtowe’s town and local centres develop and evolve to meet changing needs?
  11. What infrastructure is needed to support new homes and jobs in Broxtowe?
  12. How should the Local Plan make sure infrastructure is delivered at the right time and in the right places?
  13. What are the key transport priorities for Broxtowe and how should the Local Plan support them?
  14. How should the Local Plan respond to climate change, flood risk and the need to reduce carbon emissions?
  15. Which green spaces, wildlife areas, landscapes and waterways in Broxtowe should be protected or enhanced?
  16. How should the Local Plan balance development needs with protection and enhancement of the natural environment and biodiversity?
  17. How should the Local Plan secure high-quality design and strengthen local identity across Broxtowe?
  18. How can the Local Plan protect Broxtowe’s heritage and local identity while enabling well- designed growth?
  19. How should the new Local Plan approach the Green Belt in Broxtowe?
  20. Do you think there are any other ‘Key Issues’ which should be considered as a part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment / Sustainability Appraisal?
  21. Do you have any other comments in relation to Strategic Environmental Assessment or the Sustainability Appraisal?
  22. How should the Broxtowe Local Plan respond to Local Government Reorganisation?
  23. Are there any additional evidence studies you think the Local Plan should prepare, or any studies listed above that you consider unnecessary?
  24. How should the Council involve residents, businesses, infrastructure providers, community groups and other stakeholders as the Local Plan is prepared?

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this week’s latest bulletin or anything else via the Contact Us page or by email to assist.cttcnf@gmail.com, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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Beeston Town Council Meeting Dates

Councillors Teresa Cullen & Greg Marshall have arranged a series of dates to discuss the Beeston Town Council proposal as mentioned in last weekend’s news post – see image below for details of venues, dates and times this week and next week.

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AGM Feedback and a couple of News Items

AGM Feedback Form

As we have asked previously following an AGM, we would like your feedback. Here is a short Feedback Form to complete. Whether or not you attended the meeting, we would like to hear from you, but in particular if you were unable to attend, we would like to understand why you didn’t or couldn’t.

The form can be completed anonymously and providing an email address is entirely optional. All feedback received is invaluable to the Steering Group. Thank you in advance for providing it.

The draft AGM minutes will be made available to view as soon as we can.

Beeston Town Council Proposal

A proposition to create a Beeston Town Council is being put forward by Broxtowe Councillors – see this article.

It would cover the whole of the NG9 area and include Attenborough, Bramcote, Chilwell and Toton alongside Beeston.

The Steering Group has asked for further details and a meeting to understand the proposal more fully, including implications for the Forum. We would be interested to hear the views of our members via the usual routes at the bottom of this post. Any of your comments we do publish on the website will of course be anonymised first.

Broxtowe Parks and Play Strategy Consultation

…… and finally this week, Broxtowe are consulting on their Parks and Play Strategy – see here. It is open until 30th September. The questions don’t easily lend themselves to a Forum response, so please do respond to it on an individual basis.

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this week’s latest bulletin or anything else via the Contact Us page or by email to assist.cttcnf@gmail.com, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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Forum AGM & Open Meeting with Chetwynd CIC – Final Call to Register & Vote

Date – 9th July 2026

Venue:- Toton Methodist Church, Stapleford Lane, Toton NG9 6GA

Doors open at 6.45pm with the meeting due to commence at 7pm

Registration and Voting closes at 6pm this Wednesday 8th July

You can still vote for items as listed on the AGM agenda even if you are not able to attend the meeting – please use the AGM Voting Form
N.B. Only full members of the Forum (aged 16 years or over and who are resident or work in the Forum Area) are entitled to vote.

If you are attending the meeting, please register your attendance in advance via the Registration Form

Registration on the night will be available, but we would like to keep this to a minimum.

For further information please see our AGM page

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Thursday.

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AGM Voting Now Open

Voting for items as listed on the AGM agenda is now open, even if you are not attending the meeting – please use the AGM Voting Form. Voting closes at 6pm 8th July 2026
N.B. Only full members of the Forum (aged 16 years or over and who are resident or work in the Forum Area) are entitled to vote.

If you are attending the meeting then please register your attendance in advance via the Registration Form by 6pm 8th July 2026. Registration on the night will be available, but we would like to keep this to a minimum.

The deadline to volunteer as a member of the Steering Group has now passed, but if you have missed the deadline, and are still interested or wish to discuss further, then please email assist.cttcnf@gmail.com

For further information please see our AGM page and last weekend’s post.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on 9th July.

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AGM Agenda

The draft agenda for the Forum AGM and Open meeting with Chetwynd CIC is now available here and on the website AGM page. It is subject to change, so please keep checking back to the website for updates. We will of course also update you via these posts.

As a further reminder (see also our earlier post), the meeting will be held at 7pm on Thursday 9th July 2026 at Toton Methodist Church, Stapleford Lane, Toton NG9 6GA – please add the date to your diaries.

We will aim to complete the formal part of the meeting (page 1 of the agenda) in under an hour, leaving the rest of the time for the open meeting (page 2 of the agenda).

To speed up registration at the meeting, we would like you to pre-register beforehand by 6pm 8th July 2026. Registration will still be possible at the meeting, but we would like to keep this to the minimum please. Please complete a separate Registration Form for each person attending.

The Forum needs new members for the Steering Group, if you would like to volunteer and join the Steering Group, please complete this Nomination Form.The deadline to receive nominations for membership of the Steering Group is 6pm 2nd July 2026.

A separate AGM Voting Form will be made available once nominations for the Steering Group have closed.

Registering and voting in advance speeds up the process on the night and allows us to check eligibility in advance. N.B. Non-members of the Forum may attend the AGM and open meeting discussion, but are not entitled to vote.

If you are interested in contributing to the work of the Forum and/or the CIC, or just to get updates on our work, please come along to talk to us. 

Toton ‘West’ Planning Application 25/00371/OUT

Further to last week’s post the agenda for the Planning Committee meeting next Wednesday 1st July has been published – see here.

It is only in fact the outline application (25/00371/OUT) that will be considered at this stage, and not the hybrid one (25/00928/FUL). If you made representations to Broxtowe during the two consultations on this application, then you should have received a letter inviting you to speak at the meeting. If you do wish to speak, then you only have until noon this coming Monday 29th June to register to do so. There is no guarantee and it would appear to be a lottery as to who will be chosen to speak! Nevertheless, members of the Steering Group have registered, but can only speak as individuals and not on behalf of the Forum, which is madness! We will have to see what transpires after the deadline.

The Officer’s Report to the Planning Committee on this application is available via the above link or you can read it here. It doesn’t make good reading! Whether we can influence the outcome remains to be seen!!

We would urge you to contact your Ward Councillors (Chilwell West and Toton & Chilwell Meadows) urgently to make your views known – find them on this list.

As always please do feel free to ask any questions you may have on this week’s latest bulletin or anything else via the Contact Us page or by email to assist.cttcnf@gmail.com, and we’ll do our best to answer them via the Questions and Answers page.

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BBC Rethink … city streets

If you’re interested in rethinking how our city streets are designed and how this could apply to the developments in our Area, this podcast from the BBC makes for an interesting 30 minute listen.

Can we design our streets to put people first? Do we need traffic lights on roads to allow people to cross?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002xp70?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

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Broxtowe Planning Committee – Applications 25/00371 and 25/00928

We have received notification that the two applications relating to development on the land West of Stapleford Lane are “programmed to be considered by the Council’s Planning Committee on 1st July 2026.”

These are the Applications which are subject to Appeal by the Applicant (see our previous post). Individuals are invited to ask to speak and, if there are multiple people wishing to speak, the council will choose an individual. The Forum is not invited to speak.

The fact that it is “programmed to be considered” does not mean that it will be, the agenda will be published “usually 5 working days prior to the meeting” and “interested parties are asked to check the website regularly”.

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Wildlife Walk Reminder – This Sunday 21st June at 2pm

As per our previous post on 6th June, the Beeston Civic Society are holding a “Wildlife Walk” in collaboration with the Forum this Sunday 21st June meeting at 2pm at the Toton Tram Stop Entrance. It will last about 2 hours and cover a short distance of around 2 miles.

It is hosted by Margaret Crittenden, the Forum’s Environment Lead, and Chryse Tinsley who is a Landscape Architect and Trustee of the Civic Society, as well as being involved with the Forum.

N.B. The flyer above should say Chilwell, not Trowell! Although unable to access the barracks site, it is likely the walk will include some of the perimeter visible along the way.

Please do join Margaret & Chryse if you are able, and everyone will be most welcome.

2026 AGM

Also don’t forget the 2026 Forum AGM & Chetwynd Energy Club presentation at the Toton Methodist Church on Thursday 9th July at 7pm

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