Plan for up to 135 homes on former hospital site

Plans for up to 135 homes on a former hospital site in Derby have been recommended for approval.

Applicant Homes England want to build houses and flats on land east of Kingsway Boulevard which was previously used as a temporary NHS car park.

An objection from a member of the public raised concerns over an increase in traffic and congestion close to the Kingsway Retail Park roundabout.

But planning officers at Derby City Council have recommended councillors on the planning committee approve the plan subject to conditions.

The site was leased to the NHS as a temporary car park while University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust built a multi-storey car park at Royal Derby Hospital.

The proposal would be the final stage of the Manor Kingsway development and consist of 700 homes when complete.

The proposals for the land, once home to the Kingsway Hospital, would be "highly sustainable" and would regenerate a brownfield site, Homes England said.

The site was intended for use as a business park in the original outline permission for the wider Manor Kingsway site but a "lack of developer interest" and "changes in the city's housing needs" led to the site being promoted for housing.

Council planners said the site was in a "highly sustainable location" and has a component for 30% affordable housing.

Councillors will make a final decision at a meeting on Thursday.

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