New homes and country park plan for ski slope site
TALKS OVER TRANSFORMATION OF FORMER COLLIERY SPOIL HEAP
TALKS will continue over the proposed transformation of the former Cossall Colliery site near Ilkeston into a new housing estate and country park.
In 2019, developers submitted plans to build 64 homes on 4.5 acres of derelict land to the north of the site, where a dry ski slope used to be.
It was reported at the time of submission that most of the most of the land - more than 21 acres - was hoped to be turned into the country park.
The application was discussed at a Broxtowe Borough Council planning committee meeting earlier this month, although it is still yet to be decided.
The talks will centre around the money the developer will have to pay towards local infrastructure improvements.
The site itself covers the former Cossall Colliery spoil heap, between the village of Cossall and Ilkeston.
The entire plot is just under 26 acres and currently vacant, situated close to Ilkeston Railway Station.
Part of the site became a ski slope in 1990 but closed two years later.
Development company Bildurn had planning permission granted back in 2017 for a scheme similar to the current proposals.
This was for more than 40 homes and a country park.
However, there were technical difficulties which would have led to more than 8,000 lorry loads of spoil being taken off the site, costing more than £1.5 million.
This made the previous proposals unviable, so a rethink was needed.
A fresh engineering assessment was carried out to provide a more efficient layout and keep all of the spoil within the site, meaning no lorries would have to travel on local roads. A subsequent application was submitted by Bildurn.
However, the company confirmed it sold the land last year to Midland Reinforced Concrete Limited.
The application, recently discussed by the council, is for outline permission for 64 homes to the north of the site and full permission for the change of use of the former dry ski slope to a country park.
Outline permission means a development can go ahead “in principle”, ahead of more detailed proposals being put forward.