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PLANS IN FOR NEW HOUSING ESTATE NEAR TOWN TIP

UP to 400 homes as well as two new bridges over a canal could be built on land near to Nuneaton’s largest tip.

Six months after initial plans were revealed, the proposals to build a mini housing estate on land off Tuttle Hill have now been submitted to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council .

Exact details have yet to be unveiled but Town Hall planners have set a decision date for the housing estate by July 3.

But the application states ‘residential development of up to 400 dwellings with associated access, landscaping, open space and two bridges over the Coventry Canal.

At the end of November last year, households in the area were invited to a public exhibition about the plans.

Posters were put up in the area as well as leaflets.

In the posters publicising the public consultation, FCC Environment explained: “The site is located to the north of Tuttle Hill and would be accessed by improving the existing junction that serves the site and the existing Household Waste Recycling Centre

“Preliminary designs for this improved access will be available to view. FCC Environment believe that this site could bring new high quality homes to this part of town in a way that is sympathetic to the character of the area and its setting.

“The housing development would contain new areas of public space and landscaping and provide a range of houses and flats from one to four bedroom.”

Back then it included proposals for what was proposed as a local centre would include uses such as a ‘canalside’ pub, doctor’s surgery, shops, a coffee shop and small hotel, but it is not known if these are included in the now submitted application.

FCC Environment owns the land around Judkins tip and is believed to be behind the application.